The polymer/colloid duality of microgel suspensions

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-43

  Lyon, L Andrew ^a   Fernandez Nieves, Alberto ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloidal crystal; Glass transition; Microgel; Phase diagram; Stimuli sensitive

Indexed keywords

GELS; SPHERES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; CONDENSED PHASE; HARD SPHERES; MICROGEL; MICROGEL SUSPENSIONS; POLYMER COLLOIDS; STIMULI-SENSITIVE; STIMULUS-SENSITIVE; TUNABLES;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84859906479     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-032511-143735     Document Type: Review

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