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Laser-induced condensation in colloid-polymer mixtures I. O. Götze, J. M. Brader, M. Schmidt, and H. Löwen, Mol. Phys. 101, 1651 (2003). Locate in [bare] [illustrated] list. Get [full paper] as pdf. Extract. We study a mixture of hard sphere colloidal particles and non-adsorbing polymers exposed to a plane wave external potential which represents a three-dimensional standing laser field. The effect of the periodic field on the liquid-vapour transition is studied, a situation that we refer to as laser-induced condensation. [more]  Read the [full paper] as pdf. |
Fluid interfaces
Colloid-polymer mixtures display fluid-fluid interfaces [21] [44], relevant for laser-induced condensation [35], capillary condensation [43] and evaporation [48], immersion in porous media [41], the appearance of the floating liquid phase [52], the competition between sedimentation and phase coexistence [51], tension at a substrate [45], the experimental observation of thermal capillary waves [47], and the contact angle of the liquid-gas interface and a wall [50]. In colloidal rod-sphere mixtures fluid-fluid interfaces were investigated with theory [30] and simulation [42]. Hard sphere fluids were considered at surfaces of porous media [37], in random fiber networks [39], and in one dimensional cases [46].[more]