Phase behavior and structure of colloidal suspensions

P. N. Pusey; W. C. K. Poon; S. M. Ilett; P. Bartlett

Phase behavior and structure of colloidal suspensions

P. N. Pusey, W. C. K. Poon, S. M. Ilett, P. Bartlett

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We describe three sets of experiments on suspensions of 'hard-sphere' colloids. Suspensions of equal-sized particles exhibit the hard-sphere freezing and glass transitions. Mixtures of spheres of two different sizes can form the ordered binary crystals AB2 and AB13. The addition of non-adsorbing polymer to a one-component suspension leads, through the depletion mechanism, to a range of phase behaviour, which includes colloidal gas, liquid, crystal and gel.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	A29-A36
Journal	Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Volume	6
Publication status	Published - 1994

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GLASS-TRANSITION BINARY-MIXTURES HARD-SPHERES ENTROPY POLYMER SUPERLATTICE ORDER C-60
CdSe

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