The role of polymer polydispersity in phase separation and gelation in colloid-polymer mixtures

Mixtures of nonadsorbing polymer and colloidal particles exhibit a range of different morphologies depending on the particle and polymer concentrations and their relative size ratios. These can be very important for technological applications, where gelation can produce a weak solidlike structure th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 26(2010), 5 vom: 02. März, Seite 3174-8
1. Verfasser: Lietor-Santos, J J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kim, C, Lynch, M L, Fernandez-Nieves, A, Weitz, D A
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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