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Capillary condensation of colloid-polymer mixtures
confined between parallel plates M. Schmidt, A. Fortini, and M. Dijkstra, J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 48, S3411 (2003). Locate in [bare] [illustrated] list. Get [full paper] as pdf. Extract. We investigate the fluid-fluid demixing phase transition of colloid-polymer mixtures confined between two smooth parallel hard walls. We predict a shift of the demixing binodal and the critical point towards higher polymer reservoir packing fraction and towards higher colloid fugacities upon decreasing the plate separation distance. This implies capillary condensation of the colloid liquid phase. [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]