Mechanism for helical gel formation from evaporation of colloidal solutions

Langmuir

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 8792-8798

  Veretennikov, Igor ^a   Indeikina, Alexandra ^a   Chang, Hsueh Chia ^a   Marquez, Manuel ^b,c   Suib, Steven L ^d   Giraldo, Oscar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Nanotechnology Lab   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICAL GELS;

CAPILLARY TUBES; COLLOIDS; EVAPORATION; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOLVENTS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

GELS;

EID: 0037069488     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la025987s     Document Type: Article

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