Structure of colloidal sphere-plate mixtures

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Doshi, N ^a   Cinacchi, G ^a   Van Duijneveldt, J S ^a   Cosgrove, T ^a   Prescott, S W ^a   Grillo, I ^b   Phipps, J ^c   Gittins, D I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c IMERYS MINERALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY PARTICLES; COLLOID CONCENTRATION; COLLOIDAL SPHERE; COLLOIDAL SYSTEM; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; DIAMETER RATIO; DILUTE SUSPENSIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; MICRO-PHASE; PAINT FILMS; PIGMENT PARTICLES; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

MAMMALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PAINT; PHASE SEPARATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SPHERES;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLLOIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE;

EID: 79955499237     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/19/194109     Document Type: Article

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