Polymer induced phase coexistence in systems of lamellar phases
Soft Condensed Matter
2008-02-03 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The effect of adding nonadsorbing polymer to a lamellar phase of surfactant bilayers is studied theoretically. We find that the polymer produces coexistence between two lamellar phases of different layer spacings. The coexistence region is a closed loop, as in the experiments of Ficheux et al. [J. de Physique II 5 823 (1995)]. Within our model the coexistence is driven by depletion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9709205,
title = {Polymer induced phase coexistence in systems of lamellar phases},
author = {Richard P. Sear},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9709205},
year = {2008}
}
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7 pages, 2 figures