2008/04/04 by Nicolas Destainville, Lionel Foret
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Chemistry #Cluster (spacecraft) #Colloid #Computer science #Material Dynamics and Properties #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #Physical chemistry #Physics #Soft matter #Statistical physics #Theoretical physics #Thermodynamics #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.77.051403
published as Phys. Rev. E 77, 051403 (2008) · 4 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2008/04/04 · openalex publication_date 2008/05/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We propose a unifying, analytical theory accounting for the self-organization of colloidal systems in nanocluster or microcluster phases. We predict the distribution of cluster sizes with respect to interaction parameters and colloid concentration. In particular, we anticipate a proportionality regime where the mean cluster size grows proportionally to the concentration, as observed in several experiments. We emphasize the interest in a predictive theory in soft matter, nanotechnologies, and biophysics.