Mesoscopic description of network-forming clusters of weakly charged colloids

Systems composed of spherical charged particles in solvents containing counterions and inducing effective short-range attraction are studied in the framework of mesoscopic field-theory. We limit ourselves to mean-field approximation (MF) and to weak ordering. We discuss properties of potentials cons...

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Main Authors: A. Ciach, W.T. Góźdź
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Condensed Matter Physics 2010-01-01
Series:Condensed Matter Physics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5488/CMP.13.23603