Structure and phase separation in solutions of like-charged colloidal particles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1782, 2001, Pages 853-866

  Linse, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charged colloids; Monte Carlo simulation; Phase instability; Primitive model; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042910279     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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