Colloidal gelation and non-ergodicity transitions
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- 6 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 12 (29) , 6575-6583
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/12/29/329
Abstract
Within the framework of the mode coupling theory (MCT) of structural relaxation, mechanisms and properties of non-ergodicity transitions in rather dilute suspensions of colloidal particles characterized by strong short-ranged attractions are studied. Results building on the virial expansion for particles with hard cores and interacting via an attractive square-well potential are presented, and their relevance to colloidal gelation is discussed.Keywords
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