State diagram for the electrostatic adsorption of charged colloids on confining walls: Simulation and theory

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

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Lietor Santos J J ^a,d   Chavez Paez M ^b   Marquez M ^c   Fernandez Nieves A ^a,d   Medina Noyola, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CHARGED COLLOIDAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROSTATIC ADSORPTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 36749059387     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.050403     Document Type: Article

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