Phase separation of stable colloidal clusters

This article presents a nonequilibrium thermodynamic theory for the mean-field precipitation, aggregation, and pattern formation of colloidal clusters. A variable gradient energy coefficient and the arrest of particle diffusion upon “jamming” of cluster aggregates in the spinodal region predicts obs...

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Main Authors: Petersen, Thomas, Bazant, Martin Z, Pellenq, Roland Jm, Ulm, Franz-Josef
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118462
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