Abstract
The colloidal gas–liquid phase behaviour has been studied for aqueous mixtures of well-defined spherical particles with short-ranged repulsions mixed with relatively monodisperse poly(ethylene oxide) polymers. We show that our set of experimental phase diagrams are in quantitative agreement with theoretical predictions using generalized free volume theory [G. J. Fleer and R. Tuinier, Phys. Rev. E, 2007, 76, 041802]. The determination of the equilibrium composition of coexisting phases reveals qualitative deviations between the two, for which we propose a tentative explanation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9977-9982 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Soft Matter |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 42 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |