2005/06/22 by Rodrigo Sánchez, Rodrigo Sanchez, Paul Bartlett +1 · 1 citation
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemistry #Cluster (spacecraft) #Computer science #Crystallization and Solubility Studies #Material Dynamics and Properties #Materials science #Physics #Statistical physics #cond-mat.soft #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/17/45/047
arxiv created 2005/06/22 · openalex publication_date 2005/10/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study the formation and growth of equilibrium clusters in a suspension of weakly charged colloidal particles and small non-adsorbing polymers. The effective potential is characterized by a short-range attraction and a long-range repulsion. The size, shape and local structure of the clusters are studied using three-dimensional particle microscopy. We observe a rapid growth in the mean cluster size and the average number of nearest neighbours approaching the gel boundary.