Analytical theory of polymer-network-mediated interaction between colloidal particles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 10187-10192

  Di Michele, Lorenzo ^a   Zaccone, Alessio ^a   Eiser, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloidal aggregation; Depletion force; Polymer bridging; Polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; COLLOID; CROSS LINKING; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

COLLOIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS;

EID: 84862981372     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202171109     Document Type: Article

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