Depletion-driven phase separation and reversible aggregation in confined colloidal mixtures

Langmuir

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 8807-8812

  Hobbie, E K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BINARY MIXTURES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION;

SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATION;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 0343627734     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la990397o     Document Type: Article

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