Colloids and the Depletion Interaction

This open access book provides a detailed exploration of the phase behaviour of, and interfacial properties in, complex colloidal mixtures (e.g., clay, milk, blood). Insights into colloids have been at the heart of many innovations in different industries. The big question underlying these innovatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lekkerkerker, Henk N. W. (-)
Other Authors: Tuinier, Remco, Vis, Mark
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2024.
Edition:2nd ed. 2024.
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics, 1026
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009811294106719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Depletion Interaction
  • 3. Phase transitions of hard sphere–depletant mixtures — the basics
  • 4. Phase separation and long-lived metastable states in colloid–polymer mixtures
  • 5. The interface in demixed colloid–polymer dispersions
  • 6. Phase behaviour of colloidal binary hard sphere mixtures
  • 7. Phase behaviour of colloidal hard spheres mixed with hard rod-like colloids
  • 8. Phase behaviour of colloidal rods with depletants
  • 9. Phase behaviour of colloidal platelet–depletant mixtures
  • 10. Phase behaviour of colloidal cubes mixed with depletants.