Colloids and the Depletion Interaction

• Main Authors: Lekkerkerker, Henk N.W (Author), Tuinier, Remco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 833
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Polymers.; Thermodynamics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Polymer Sciences.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Physical Chemistry.

Colloids are submicron particles that are ubiquitous in nature (milk, clay, blood) and industrial products (paints, drilling fluids, food). It has been known for a long time that adding salt or polymer influences the characteristics of colloidal suspensions. Think of the Egyptians who engineered ink...