Density jumps across phase transitions in soft-matter systems

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

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 5744-5753

  Graf, Hartmut ^a   Löwen, Hartmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; MACROMOLECULES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL PERTURBATION THEORY; SOFT MATTER SYSTEMS; STAR POLYMERS;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

EID: 0032069679     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.57.5744     Document Type: Article

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