Gel formation in suspensions of oppositely charged colloids: Mechanism and relation to the equilibrium phase diagram

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 10861-10872

  Sanz, Eduardo ^a,b   Leunissen, Mirjam E ^a,c   Fortini, Andrea ^a,d   Van Blaaderen, Alfons ^a   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GASES; GELATION; GELS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ISOMERS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; MECHANISMS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; SEPARATION; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COLLOID-POLYMER MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; EQUILIBRIUM PHASE DIAGRAMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GAS-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION; GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; GAS-LIQUID SPINODAL; GAS-PHASE; GEL FORMATION; LOCAL STRUCTURES; OPPOSITELY CHARGED COLLOIDS; STATE POINTS;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 52349087905     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp801440v     Document Type: Article

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