Abstract
We describe three sets of experiments on suspensions of 'hard-sphere' colloids. Suspensions of equal-sized particles exhibit the hard-sphere freezing and glass transitions. Mixtures of spheres of two different sizes can form the ordered binary crystals AB2 and AB13. The addition of non-adsorbing polymer to a one-component suspension leads, through the depletion mechanism, to a range of phase behaviour, which includes colloidal gas, liquid, crystal and gel.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | A29-A36 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter |
Volume | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 6 Jun 1994 |
Event | 2nd Liquid Matter Conference of the European-Physical-Society - FLORENCE, Italy Duration: 18 Sept 1993 → 22 Sept 1993 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- GLASS-TRANSITION
- BINARY-MIXTURES
- HARD-SPHERES
- ENTROPY
- POLYMER
- SUPERLATTICE
- ORDER
- C-60