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Polymer-Mediated Phase Stability of Colloids

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Authors:
  1. Álvaro González García

    1. Van 't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Debye Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Makes theoretical developments accessible to experimentalists
  • Serves as an introduction, review, and extension of the state-of-the-art polymer-mediated interactions between colloids
  • Can be considered as an extension of the Book "Colloids and the Depletion Interaction" (Springer, Heidelberg, 2011) with several advanced developments

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    • Álvaro González García
    Pages 1-18

  3. Spherical Colloids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Tuning the Phase Diagram of Colloid–Polymer Mixtures

      • Álvaro González García
      Pages 21-31

    3. Depletion-Driven Solid–Solid Coexistence in Colloid–Polymer Mixtures

      • Álvaro González García
      Pages 33-43

    4. Unipletion in Colloid–Polymer Mixtures

      • Álvaro González García
      Pages 45-60

  4. Anisotropic Hard Colloids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Phase Behaviour of Colloidal Superballs Mixed with Non-adsorbing Polymers

      • Álvaro González García
      Pages 63-83

    3. Discotic Dispersions Mediated by Depletion

      • Álvaro González García
      Pages 85-109

  5. Spherical Association Colloids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. On the Colloidal Stability of Association Colloids

      • Álvaro González García
      Pages 113-129

    3. Polymer-Mediated Stability of Micellar Suspensions

      • Álvaro González García
      Pages 131-150

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 151-151
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About this book

Colloid–polymer mixtures are subject of intensive research due to their wide range of applicability, for instance in coatings and food-stuffs. This thesis constitutes a fundamental investigation towards a better control over the stability of such suspensions. Through the chapters, different key parameters governing the stability of colloid–polymer mixtures are explored. How the colloid (pigment) shape and the effective polymer-colloid affinity modulate the stability of the suspension are examples of these key parameters. Despise the mostly theoretical results presented, the thesis is written in a format accessible to a broad scientific audience. Some of the equations of state presented might of direct use to experimentalists.  Furthermore, new theoretical insights about colloid–polymer mixtures are put forward. These include four-phase coexistences in effective two-component, quantification of depletant partitioning at high colloidal concentrations, multiple re-entrant phase behaviour of the colloidal fluid–solid coexistence, and a condition where polymers are neither depleted nor adsorbed from/to the colloidal surface.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Van 't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Debye Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Álvaro González García

About the author

Álvaro is an open-minded researcher with extensive experience in developing and applying theoretical models in soft matter. During his master research project he focused on the glass state of anisotropic particles. He contributed to develop a new experimental technique to characterize soft matter during his internship. In his PhD, he studied equilibrium phase transitions of different colloid-polymer mixtures. He aims research to be accessible to people from different fields and backgrounds. With a multidisciplinary approach, his ambition is to contribute to academic research in the fields of Physical Chemistry and (bio) Physics.

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