Formation and collapse of gels of sterically stabilized colloidal particles

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 12, Issue 46, 2000, Pages 9599-9606

  Weeks, James R ^a,b   Van Duijneveldt, Jeroen S ^a   Vincent, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ChemWeb Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; GELATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICA GEL;

STERIC STABILIZATIONS;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 0034324493     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/12/46/307     Document Type: Article

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