Aggregation kinetics in a model colloidal suspension

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dc.creatorBastea, Sorin
dc.date2006-01-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:57:41Z
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dc.descriptionWe present molecular dynamics simulations of aggregation kinetics in a colloidal suspension modeled as a highly asymmetric binary mixture. Starting from a configuration with largely uncorrelated colloidal particles the system relaxes by coagulation-fragmentation dynamics to a structured state of low-dimensionality clusters with an exponential size distribution. The results show that short-range repulsive interactions alone can give rise to so-called cluster phases. For the present model and probably other, more common colloids, the observed clusters appear to be equilibrium phase fluctuations induced by the entropic inter-colloidal attractions.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601452
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601452
dc.identifierPhysical Review Letters 96, 028305 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.028305
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/107063
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleAggregation kinetics in a model colloidal suspension
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