Critical behavior in colloid-polymer mixtures: Theory and simulation

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Lo Verso, F ^a,b   Vink, R L C ^a,b   Pini, D ^b   Reatto, L ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ASAKURA-OOSAWA MODEL; FINITE-SIZE SCALING ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL REFERENCE THEORY;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 33745654082     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.061407     Document Type: Article

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