Rayleigh instability of charged aggregates: Role of the dimensionality, ionic strength, and dielectric contrast

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

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Tamashiro, M N ^a,b,c   Schiessel, H ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FREE ENERGY; IONIC STRENGTH; POLYELECTROLYTES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SURFACE TENSION; VOLUME FRACTION;

COUNTERIONS; DIELECTRIC CONTRAST; DIMENSIONALITY; RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 33748282550     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.021412     Document Type: Article

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