Colloidal metastability

The aggregation and gelation of colloidal systems has been studied using confocal microscopy. For a model colloid-polymer mixture in a density matched solvent, fluid and gel were found to be the only two phases observed for sufficiently short-ranged attractions. The experimental gel boundary in this...

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Main Author: Sedgwick, Helen
Published: University of Edinburgh 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.661723