Colloidal systems with competing interactions: from an arrested repulsive cluster phase to a gel

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dc.creatorToledano, Juan Carlos Fernandez
dc.creatorSciortino, Francesco
dc.creatorZaccarelli, Emanuela
dc.date2009-03-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:53:08Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:53:08Z
dc.descriptionWe report an extensive numerical study of a charged colloidal system with competing short-range depletion attraction and long-range electrostatic repulsion. By analizing the cluster properties, we identify two distinct regions in the phase diagram: a state composed of stable finite-size clusters, whose relative interactions are dominated by long-range repulsion, and a percolating network. Both states are found to dynamically arrest at low temperatures, providing evidence of the existence of two distinct non-ergodic states in these systems: a Wigner glass of clusters and a gel.
dc.description10 figures, to be published in Soft Matter
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2929
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2929
dc.identifierdoi:10.1039/b818169a
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/223522
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleColloidal systems with competing interactions: from an arrested repulsive cluster phase to a gel
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