How patchy can one get and still condense? the role of dissimilar patches in the interactions of colloidal particles

Molecular Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 4-6, 2009, Pages 453-466

  Tavares, J M ^a,b   Teixeira, P I C ^a,b   Telo Da Gama, M M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Critical point; Patchy colloids; Phase diagram

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATING FLUIDS; BONDING STRENGTH; COEXISTING PHASIS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; COMPLEX FLUIDS; CRITICAL POINT; CRITICAL POINTS; EQUILIBRIUM CLUSTERS; FINITE FRACTION; FINITE THRESHOLDS; HARD-CORE REPULSION; LIQUID TRANSITION; LIQUID-VAPOUR; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PATCHY COLLOIDS; SIMPLE MODEL; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; X-JUNCTION; Y-JUNCTIONS;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; CONDENSATION; LIQUIDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EID: 68249144507     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268970902852616     Document Type: Article

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