Abstract
The phase behavior of a model athermal polymer-colloid suspension over a wide range of size asymmetry, colloid volume fraction, and polymer concentration was experimentally studied. The primary equilibrium finding is that based on cp/cp* as a dimensionless measure of polymer-induced depletion attractions, the suspension miscibility monotonically improves as the size asymmetry ratio Rg/R increases.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2201-2212 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
Volume | 116 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry