Dense colloidal fluids form denser amorphous sediments

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

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5769-5773

  Liber, Shir R ^a   Borohovich, Shai ^a   Butenko, Alexander V ^a   Schofield, Andrew B ^b   Sloutskin, Eli ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous solids; Colloids; Glass; Granular matter; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOLID; SUSPENSION;

EID: 84876067157     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214945110     Document Type: Article

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