Phase behavior and far-from-equilibrium gelation in charged attractive colloids


Autoria(s): Charbonneau, P; Reichman, DR
Data(s)

2007

Resumo

In this Rapid Communication we demonstrate the applicability of an augmented Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo approach for the phase behavior determination of model colloidal systems with short-ranged depletion attraction and long-ranged repulsion. This technique allows for a quantitative determination of the phase boundaries and ground states in such systems. We demonstrate that gelation may occur in systems of this type as the result of arrested microphase separation, even when the equilibrium state of the system is characterized by compact microphase structures.

Formato

050401(R) - ?

Identificador

http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0604430

Physical Review E, 2007, 75 (5), pp. 050401(R) - ?

http://hdl.handle.net/10161/12588

Relação

Physical Review E

10.1103/PhysRevE.75.050401

Tipo

Journal Article