RT Journal Article
T1 A theoretical estimate of the Wilson-Frenkel kinetics of colloidal crystal growth in charge-stabilized dispersions
A1 Ripoll, M. S.
A1 Fernández Tejero, Carlos
A1 Baus, M.
AB The Wilson-Frenkel growth law of colloidal crystals formed in charge-stabilized dispersions of latex spheres is investigated theoretically on the basis of variational free-energy estimates. We find, in agreement with recent experimental results, that the reduced growth velocity is a universal function of some rescaled density variable.
PB Elsevier
SN 0378-4371
YR 1996
FD 1996-12-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58876
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58876
LA eng
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NO © 1996 Elsevier Science B.V.We are grateful to Henk Lekkerkerker for suggesting this investigation. Useful correspondence with Thomas Palberg is also gratefully acknowledged. M.B. acknowledges financial support from the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium) and C.F.T. that of the Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (Spain) PB94-0265.
NO Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
NO Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (Spain)
DS Docta Complutense
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