| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 46, Number 6, June II 1999
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 741 - 747 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00327-4 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
The structure of colloid-polymer mixtures
University Chemical Laboratories -
Lensfield Rd., Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
Received:
8
February
1999
Accepted:
11
April
1999
We investigate the structure of colloid-polymer mixtures by calculating the structure factors for the Asakura-Oosawa model in the PY approximation. We discuss the role of potential range, polymer concentration and polymer-polymer interactions on the colloid-colloid structure. Our results compare reasonably well with the recent experiments of Moussaïd et al. (Moussaïd A., Poon W. C. K., Pusey P. N. and Soliva M. F. , Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 1999 225) for small wave number k, but we find that the Hansen-Verlet freezing criterion is violated when the liquid phase becomes marginal.
PACS: 61.20.-p – Structure of liquids / 82.70.Dd – Colloids
© EDP Sciences, 1999
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