CONTENTS Professor Pierre-Gilles de Gennes “Pancakes” A.M. Cazabat, N. Fraysse, F. Heslot, P. Levinson, J. Marsh, F. Tiberg and M.P. Valignat (Paris, France) Theory of curved interfaces and membranes: mechanical and thermodynamical approaches P.A. Kralchevsky (Sofia, Bulgaria), J.C. Eriksson and S. Ljunggren (Stockholm, Sweden) Static and dynamic light scattering study of fluorinated polymer colloids with a crystalline internal structure V. Degiorgio, R. Piazza, T. Bellini (Pavia, Italy) and M. Visca (Milan, Italy) . . . Aspects of aqueous foam stability in the presence of hydrocarbon oils and solid particles ’ R. Aveyard, B.P. Binks, P.D.I. Fletcher, T.G. Peck and C.E. Rutherford (Hull, UK) Kinetic aspects of polymer and polyelectrolyte adsorption on surfaces T.G.M. van de Ven (Montreal, Canada) The meniscus on a fibre D. Quéré and J.-M. di Meglio (Paris, France) Kinetics of localized adsorption of colloid particles Z. Adamczyk, B. Siwek, M. Zembala (Cracow, Poland) and P. Belouschek (Schlieben, Germany)