Continuum theory for cluster morphologies of soft colloids

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 115, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7206-7217

  Kosmrlj A ^a   Pauschenwein, G J ^b   Kahl, G ^c   Ziherl, P ^d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ENTHALPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CLUSTER MORPHOLOGY; CLUSTER SIZES; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTION; CONTINUUM THEORY; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; LATTICE SPACING; MONODISPERSE PARTICLES; PAIR INTERACTIONS; PHASE SEQUENCE; SOFT COLLOIDS;

CLUSTER COMPUTING;

EID: 79958226292     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp108806v     Document Type: Article

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