Observation of a microcrystalline gel in colloids with competing interactions.
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A stable short-range crystalline structure is observed in colloidal systems with competing short-range attractions and long-range repulsions. We term these structures "microcrystalline gels" as the microcrystals are embedded in a dense disordered network.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
دوره 11 46 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009