Polymer-Mediated Phase Stability of Colloids

• Main Author: González García, Álvaro (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Polymers .; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Physical chemistry.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Polymer Sciences.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Physical Chemistry.

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 para...

Table of 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.