Crystallization kinetics of polydisperse colloidal hard spheres: Experimental evidence for local fractionation

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

Volumn 67, Issue 6 1, 2003, Pages

  Martin, S ^a   Bryant, G ^a   Van Megen, W ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REACTION KINETICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BRAGG REFLECTION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; HARD SPHERE SYSTEM; POLYDISPERSE COLLOIDAL HARD SPHERE; POLYDISPERSED DISTRIBUTION;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 37649030496     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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