1991
Computer simulation of polymer-induced clustering of colloids
Publication
Publication
Phys. Rev. Lett. , Volume 67 p. 1110- 1113
We have developed a novel computational scheme that allows direct numerical simulation of polymer-colloid mixtures at constant osmotic pressure. Using this technique, we have studied the entropic attraction that is caused by ideal polymers dissolved in a simple (hard-sphere) colloidal dispersion. In particular, we studied the nonpairwise additivity of the polymer-induced entropic interaction. The present simulations show that the nonpairwise additivity has a pronounced effect on the structure of a polymer-colloid mixture.
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Meijer, E. J., & Frenkel, D. (1991). Computer simulation of polymer-induced clustering of colloids. Phys.Rev.Lett., 67, 1110–1113. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.67.1110 |
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