Accurate description of bulk and interfacial properties in colloid-polymer mixtures

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Large-scale Monte Carlo simulations of a phase-separating colloid-polymer mixture are performed and compared to recent experiments. The approach is based on effective interaction potentials in which the central monomers of self-avoiding polymer chains are used as effective coordinates. By incorporating polymer nonideality together with soft colloid-polymer repulsion, the predicted binodal is in excellent agreement with recent experiments. In addition, the interfacial tension as well as the capillary length are in quantitative agreement with experimental results obtained at a number of points in the phase-coexistence region, without the use of any fit parameters
4 pages, 4 figures

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Soft Condensed Matter

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/95396

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0505234
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0505234
 Phys. Rev. E 72, 030401(R) (2005)
 doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.72.030401

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