Can colloidal particles flocculate at two energy minima simultaneously in a quiescent medium?

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 254-258

  Chang, You Im ^a   Ku, Ming Hung ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrostatic repulsion forces; Flocculation; Stability

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLOCCULATION;

NON-BROWNIAN PARTICLES;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLLOID; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; FLOCCULATION; FORCE; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0742289620     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2003.11.055     Document Type: Letter

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