Demixed phases of colloid plus polymer systems in a common solvent Calculation of the interfacial tension

A. Vrij

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1997, vol. 235, issue 1, 120-128

Abstract: An analytical formula for the interfacial tension of the (sharp) interface in a demixed (complex) system of colloid and polymer has been derived. The colloid and polymer are modelled as hard spheres and overlapping spheres, respectively. The treatment is based on a recent theory of Kalikmanov and Hofmans, in which the pair potential is modelled as a depletion potential.

Keywords: Surface tension; Colloid polymer; Depletion force; Phase separation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(96)00333-0

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