The present volume of Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science contains papers presented at the 8th Scandinavian Symposium on Surface Chemistry which was held at the University of Lund, Sweden, on June 4-6, 1984.
The Symposium was attended by about 160 scientists, of whom more than 50 represented the industrial community. The 50 non-Nordic participants gave the Symposium an international character. The program consisted of six plenary lectures, 21 oral and 38 poster presentations.