Colloids, polymers, and needles: demixing phase behavior
We consider a ternary mixture of hard colloidal spheres, ideal polymer spheres, and rigid vanishingly thin needles, which model stretched polymers or colloidal rods. For this model, we develop a geometry-based density functional theory, apply it to bulk fluid phases, and predict demixing phase behav...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 2002-02, Vol.65 (2 Pt 1), p.021508-021508, Article 021508 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We consider a ternary mixture of hard colloidal spheres, ideal polymer spheres, and rigid vanishingly thin needles, which model stretched polymers or colloidal rods. For this model, we develop a geometry-based density functional theory, apply it to bulk fluid phases, and predict demixing phase behavior. In the case of no polymer-needle interactions, two-phase coexistence between colloid-rich and colloid-poor phases is found. For hard needle-polymer interactions, we predict rich phase diagrams, exhibiting three-phase coexistence, and reentrant demixing behavior. |
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ISSN: | 1539-3755 1063-651X 1095-3787 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.021508 |