COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS - A VAN-DER-WAALS APPROACH

Authors
BAUS M COUSSAERT T ACHRAYAH R
Citation
M. Baus et al., COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS - A VAN-DER-WAALS APPROACH, Physica. A, 232(3-4), 1996, pp. 575-584
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03784371
Volume
232
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
575 - 584
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(1996)232:3-4<575:CC-AVA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Colloidal dispersions allow various order-disorder phase transitions t o be observed by optical means. These transitions can be understood in terms of free-volume and cohesion-energy considerations provided thes e concepts are defined not only for the disordered phase, as in the Va n der Waals theory, but also for the ordered phase.