Wetting phenomena and colloidal aggregation in binary mixtures

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Abstract
Recent experiments on colloidal suspensions of silica spheres in a water-lutidine mixture close to the consolute point have revealed interesting sphere-aggregation behavior that has been linked to wetting phenomena. We carry out a theoretical analysis of the phase behavior in such mixtures and suggest that the observed behavior is consistent with general expectations in three-component fluids.