Complete description of re-entrant phase behaviour in a charge variable colloidal model system

Details Complete description of re-entrant phase behaviour in a charge variable colloidal model system Complete description of re-entrant phase behaviour in a charge variable colloidal model system

2009-12-02

arxiv.org/abs/0912.0398v1

THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 132, 131102 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

10 pages, 3Figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3380823

In titration experiments with NaOH we have determined the full phase diagram of charged colloidal spheres in dependence on the particle density n, the particle effective charge Zeff and the concentration of screening electrolyte c using microscopy, light and Ultra Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (USAXS). For sufficiently large n the system crystallizes upon increasing Zeff at constant c and melts upon increasing c at only slightly altered Zeff. In contrast to earlier work equilibrium phase boundaries are consistent with a universal melting line prediction from computer simulation, if the elasticity effective charge is used. This charge accounts for both counter-ion condensation and many body effects.

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