LOCALIZED DENSITY PROFILES IN BINARY COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS

Authors
BIBEN T HANSEN JP
Citation
T. Biben et Jp. Hansen, LOCALIZED DENSITY PROFILES IN BINARY COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS, Molecular physics, 80(4), 1993, pp. 853-859
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Molecular physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00268976
Volume
80
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
853 - 859
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-8976(1993)80:4<853:LDPIBC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The density profiles of asymmetric binary mixtures of hard spheres are calculated within the local density approximation. The density profil es of the larger spheres are shown to be highly localized, within a na rrow strip at intermediate altitudes, under a broad range of physical conditions. The localization results from a subtle competition between entropy and gravity.