Publication: A theoretical estimate of the Wilson-Frenkel kinetics of colloidal crystal growth in charge-stabilized dispersions
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1996-12-15
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The Wilson-Frenkel growth law of colloidal crystals formed in charge-stabilized dispersions of latex spheres is investigated theoretically on the basis of variational free-energy estimates. We find, in agreement with recent experimental results, that the reduced growth velocity is a universal function of some rescaled density variable.
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© 1996 Elsevier Science B.V.We are grateful to Henk Lekkerkerker for suggesting this investigation. Useful correspondence with Thomas Palberg is also gratefully acknowledged. M.B. acknowledges financial support from the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium) and C.F.T. that of the Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (Spain) PB94-0265.
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