Capillary suspensions: Particle networks formed through the capillary force

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 575-584

  Koos, Erin ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary suspensions; Colloidal clusters; Percolation; Ternary systems

Indexed keywords

PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SOLVENTS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); TERNARY SYSTEMS;

COLLOIDAL CLUSTERS; MATERIAL DESIGNS; NETWORK FORMATION; PARTICLE BRIDGINGS; PARTICLE NETWORK; PARTICLE SUSPENSIONS; RECENT RESEARCHES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CAPILLARY FORCE; CAPILLARY SUSPENSION; COLLOID; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; FLOW KINETICS; FORCE; GEL; LIQUID; MATERIALS; PHYSICAL PHASE; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION;

EID: 84924350767     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.10.004     Document Type: Review

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