Realistic calculation of the low- and high-density liquid phase separation in a charged colloidal dispersion

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Lai, S K ^a,b   Peng, W P ^a   Wang, G F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYSTYRENES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

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EID: 0012641368     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.041511     Document Type: Article

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