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DLVO theory

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The DLVO-theory is named after Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey and Overbeek.

It was developed in the 1940s.

The theory describes the force between surfaces interacting through a liquid medium. It combines the effects of the van der Waals attraction and the repulsion due to the so called double-layer of counter-ions.

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