Liquid-state theory of charged colloids
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-30 v2
Abstract
A simple theory of the fluid state of a charged colloidal suspension is proposed. The full free energy of a polyelectrolyte solution is calculated. It is found that the counterions condense onto the polyions forming clusters composed of one polyion and n counterions. The distribution of cluster sizes is determined explicitly. In agreement with the current experimental and Monte Carlo results, no liquid-gas phase separation was encountered.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9702139,
title = {Liquid-state theory of charged colloids},
author = {Yan Levin and Marcia C. Barbosa and M. N. Tamashiro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9702139},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 2 Postscript figures, uses multicol.sty; changed content