Reentrant equilibrium disordering in nanoparticle–polymer mixtures
Colloids: Polymers hold it together, for a while Polymers need to be the right length if they are to hold NPs into a crystal structure, shows research from scientists in the USA. Sanat Kumar from Columbia University and colleagues explain why small particles suspended in a solution, known as a collo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-01-01
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Series: | npj Computational Materials |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-016-0005-8 |