Devitrification of the glassy state in suspensions of charged platelets

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 47, 2009, Pages

  Mourad, M C D ^a   Verhoeff, A A ^a   Byelov, D V ^a   Petukhov, A V ^a   Lekkerkerker, H N W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PLATELETS; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; COLUMNAR PHASE; GIBBSITE PLATELETS; GIBBSITES; GLASSY STATE; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SALT CONCENTRATION;

BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; PLATELETS; POLYDISPERSITY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 72249089029     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/47/474218     Document Type: Article

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