PHASE-BEHAVIOR OF COLLOID PLUS POLYMER MIXTURES

被引:890
作者
LEKKERKERKER, HNW
POON, WCK
PUSEY, PN
STROOBANTS, A
WARREN, PB
机构
[1] UNIV EDINBURGH,DEPT PHYS,EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
[2] UNILEVER RES,PORT SUNLIGHT LAB,WIRRAL L63 3JW,ENGLAND
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1992年 / 20卷 / 06期
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D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/20/6/015
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A new treatment of the phase behaviour of a colloid + nonadsorbing polymer mixture is described. The calculated phase diagrams show marked polymer partitioning between coexisting phases, an effect not considered in the usual effective-potential approaches to this problem. We also predict that under certain conditions an area of three-phase coexistence should appear in the phase diagram.
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页码:559 / 564
页数:6
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