Polymer-Mediated Phase Stability of Colloids / by Álvaro González García.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González García, Álvaro, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Physics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,. 2190-5053

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, 2190-5053

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phase transformations (Statistical physics).

Polymers.

Amorphous substances.

Complex fluids.

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.

Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.

Polymer Sciences.

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

Physical Chemistry.

Local Subjects:

Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.

Polymer Sciences.

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

Physical Chemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXII, 151 pages) : 67 illustrations, 2 illustrations in color.

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

System Details:

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Summary:

Colloid-polymer mixtures are subject of intensive research due to their wide range of applicability, for instance in coatings and food-stuffs. This thesis constitutes a fundamental investigation towards a better control over the stability of such suspensions. Through the chapters, different key parameters governing the stability of colloid-polymer mixtures are explored. How the colloid (pigment) shape and the effective polymer-colloid affinity modulate the stability of the suspension are examples of these key parameters. Despise the mostly theoretical results presented, the thesis is written in a format accessible to a broad scientific audience. Some of the equations of state presented might of direct use to experimentalists. Furthermore, new theoretical insights about colloid-polymer mixtures are put forward. These include four-phase coexistences in effective two-component, quantification of depletant partitioning at high colloidal concentrations, multiple re-entrant phase behaviour of the colloidal fluid-solid coexistence, and a condition where polymers are neither depleted nor adsorbed from/to the colloidal surface.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1: Spherical Colloids

Tuning the Phase Diagram of Colloid-polymer Mixtures

Depletion-driven Solid-solid Coexistence in Colloid-polymer Mixtures

Unipletion in Colloid-polymer Mixtures

Part 2: Anisotropic Hard Colloids

Superballs Mixed with Non-Adsorbing Polymers

Discotic Dispersions Mediated by Depletion

Part 3: Spherical Association Colloids

On the Colloidal Stability of Association Colloids

Polymer-mediated Stability of Micellar Suspensions.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-33683-7

9783030336837

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