Intro -- TRENDS IN PRACTICALCOLLOID SCIENCE -- TRENDS IN PRACTICAL COLLOID SCIENCE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PRINCIPLES OF COLLOID SCIENCE -- DICHOTOMY OF HARD-TECHVS. SOFT-TECH APPROACHES -- RE-VISITING THE PROMISESOF DLVO THEORY -- TRIAL-AND-ERROR ANDBUTTERFLY-EFFECT EXAMPLES -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PRACTICAL COLLOIDSCIENCE IN THE LIVING DOMAIN -- MEETING OF THE VARIOUS DIRECTIONS OFFINE-STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARYNETWORK -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.