Effects of charge double layer and colloidal aggregation on the isotropic-nematic transition of protein fibers in water

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 10401-10405

  Mezzenga, Raffaele ^a   Jung, Jin Mi ^b   Adamcik, Jozef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL AGGREGATION; CROSS-POLARIZED; DEBYE LENGTH; DOUBLE LAYER EFFECT; DOUBLE LAYERS; EXCLUDED VOLUME; EXPECTED VALUES; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITIONS; LACTOGLOBULIN; LINEAR CHARGES; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; MESOSCOPIC PROPERTIES; ONSAGER THEORY; PROTEIN FIBERS; SECOND VIRIAL COEFFICIENTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FIBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

IONIC STRENGTH;

LACTOGLOBULIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; OSMOLARITY; PH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOGLOBULINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; WATER;

EID: 77954279639     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la101636r     Document Type: Article

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