Columnar and lamellar phases in attractive colloidal systems
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
In colloidal suspensions, the competition between attractive and repulsive interactions gives rise to a rich and complex phenomenology. Here, we study the equilibrium phase diagram of a model system using a DLVO interaction potential by means of molecular dynamics simulations and a thermodynamical approach. As a result, we find tubular and lamellar phases at low volume fraction. Such phases, extremely relevant for designing new materials, may be not easily observed in the experiments because of the long relaxation times and the presence of defects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0601298,
title = {Columnar and lamellar phases in attractive colloidal systems},
author = {A. de Candia and E. Del Gado and A. Fierro and N. Sator and M. Tarzia and A. Coniglio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0601298},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures