Localized instabilities of colloidal motion in ac electric field gradients

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 40, 2008, Pages

  Zhao, Jinyu ^a   Vollmer, Doris ^a   Butt, Hans Jürgen ^a   Auernhammer, Günter K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRADIENT METHODS; SOLVENTS;

A-DENSITY; AC ELECTRIC FIELDS; CYCLOHEXYL; DECALIN; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; FIELD GRADIENTS; HIGH FIELDS; LENGTH SCALING; LOCAL FLOWS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; SAMPLE THICKNESS; SOLVENT MIXTURES;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 53249100753     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/40/404212     Document Type: Article

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