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- Title
Colloidal phase transitions: A switch for phase shifting.
- Authors
Jee, Ah-Young; Tsang, Boyce; Granick, Steve
- Abstract
The authors discuss the research by Lang Feng and colleagues on the point at which depletion and adsorption-induced attractions between colloidal particles are balanced. The authors mentions that temperature can switch the thermodynamic phase of colloid?polymer mixtures by tipping the balance between attractive interactions. The authors states that switching from polymer depletion to adsorption can convert a liquid-crystal phase to an isotropic phase as temperature increases.
- Subjects
COLLOIDS; POLYMER liquid crystals; PHASE transitions; LANG Feng; ADSORPTION (Chemistry); THERMAL properties
- Publication
Nature Materials, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
1476-1122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmat4179