Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Invited article. |
| Authors: |
Rotenberg, B.1, Dzubiella, J.1 jd319@cam.ac.uk, Hansen, J.-P.1, Louis, A. A.1 |
| Source: |
Molecular Physics. 1/10/2004, Vol. 102 Issue 1, p1-11. 11p. |
| Subjects: |
Perturbation theory, Mathematical physics, Phase diagrams, Binary metallic systems, Physical metallurgy, Physics, Physical sciences |
| Abstract: |
Thermodynamic perturbation theory is used to calculate the free energies and resulting phase diagrams of binary systems of spherical colloidal particles and interacting polymer coils in a good solvent within an effective one-component representation of such mixtures, whereby the colloidal particles interact via a polymer-induced depletion potential. Monte Carlo simulations are used to test the convergence of the high temperature expansion of the free energy. The phase diagrams calculated for several polymer-to-colloid size ratios differ considerably from the results of similar calculations for mixtures of colloids and ideal (non-interacting) polymers, and are in good overall agreement with the results of an explicit two-component representation of the same system, which includes more than two-body depletion forces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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