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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Published in:	Condensed Matter Physics
Main Authors:	A. Ciach, W.T. Góźdź
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Yukhnovskii Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2010-01-01
Subjects:	colloids clusters self-assembly order-disorder phase transitions
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.5488/CMP.13.23603