Influence of the polymer size on depletion attraction-induced gel and glass transitions of microgel colloids

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 442, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-15

  Burger, Stefanie ^a   Bartsch, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colloids; Depletion effect; Glass transition; Microgel; Re entrant melting

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; GELS; GLASS; MELTING; OSMOSIS; POLYMERS; SPHERES; VOLUME FRACTION;

COLLOIDAL GLASS; CROSS-LINKED POLYSTYRENE; DEPLETION ATTRACTION; DEPLETION EFFECTS; HIGH VOLUME FRACTION; IDENTICAL SYSTEMS; MICROGEL; MODE-COUPLING THEORY;

GLASS TRANSITION;

GLASS; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DEPLETION; GEL; HARDNESS; LIQUID; MELTING POINT; MICROGEL COLLOID; MODE COUPLING THEORY; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC DESWELLING; OSMOTIC STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY VALIDATION;

EID: 84895059679     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.05.060     Document Type: Article

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