A THEORETICAL ESTIMATE OF THE WILSON-FRENKEL KINETICS OF COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL-GROWTH IN CHARGE-STABILIZED DISPERSIONS

Authors
RIPOLL MS TEJERO CF BAUS M
Citation
Ms. Ripoll et al., A THEORETICAL ESTIMATE OF THE WILSON-FRENKEL KINETICS OF COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL-GROWTH IN CHARGE-STABILIZED DISPERSIONS, Physica. A, 234(1-2), 1996, pp. 311-321
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03784371
Volume
234
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
311 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(1996)234:1-2<311:ATEOTW>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The Wilson-Frenkel growth law of colloidal crystals formed in charge-s tabilized dispersions of latex spheres is investigated theoretically o n the basis of variational free-energy estimates. We find, in agreemen t with recent experimental results, that the reduced growth velocity i s a universal function of some rescaled density variable.