Equilibrium cluster formation and gelation

Details Equilibrium cluster formation and gelation Equilibrium cluster formation and gelation

2005-06-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506566v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/17/45/047

We study the formation and growth of equilibrium clusters in a suspension of weakly-charged colloidal particles and small non-adsorbing polymers. The effective potential is characterised by a short-range attraction and a long-range repulsion. The size, shape and local structure of the clusters are studied using three-dimensional particle microscopy. We observe a rapid growth in the mean cluster size and the average number of nearest neighbours approaching the gel boundary.

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