Colloidal gels—low-density disordered solid-like states

V Trappe, P Sandkühler - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2004 - Elsevier
The analogies between colloidal glasses and gels have stimulated an increased effort in
recent years to unify the description of the transitions to these disordered solid-like states …

Colloid–polymer mixtures in the protein limit

KJ Mutch, JS van Duijneveldt, J Eastoe - Soft Matter, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses the structure and phase behaviour of mixtures of colloidal particles
and non-adsorbing polymers in the protein limit of large polymers and small colloids. The …

Origins of linear viscoelastic behavior of polymer− nanoparticle composites

V Pryamitsyn, V Ganesan - Macromolecules, 2006 - ACS Publications
We use computer simulations to study the mechanisms governing the linear viscoelasticity
behavior of composites of spherical nanofillers dispersed in polymer melt matrices. Our …

Model for reversible colloidal gelation

E Zaccarelli, SV Buldyrev, E La Nave, AJ Moreno… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
We report a numerical study, covering a wide range of packing fraction ϕ and temperature T,
for a system of particles interacting via a square well potential supplemented by an …

Depletion stabilization in nanoparticle–polymer suspensions: multi-length-scale analysis of microstructure

S Kim, K Hyun, JY Moon, C Clasen, KH Ahn - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
We study the mechanism of depletion stabilization and the resultant microstructure of
aqueous suspensions of nanosized silica and poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA). Rheology, small …

Viscoelasticity and rheology of depletion flocculated gels and fluids

SA Shah, YL Chen, KS Schweizer… - The Journal of chemical …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Particulate gels are of enormous technological significance, and have flow properties that
can be tuned by changing suspension volume fraction or the strength of interparticle …

Microscopic theory of gelation and elasticity in polymer–particle suspensions

YL Chen, KS Schweizer - The Journal of chemical physics, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
The equilibrium and nonequilibrium phase behavior, fluid structure, and thermodynamic
properties of model suspensions of flexible nonadsorbing polymers mixed with hard …

pyPRISM: a computational tool for liquid-state theory calculations of macromolecular materials

TB Martin, TE Gartner III, RL Jones, CR Snyder… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The Polymer Reference Interaction Site Model (PRISM) theory describes the equilibrium
spatial correlations of liquid-like polymer systems including melts, blends, solutions, block …

Surface-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals as nanofillers for crosslinking processes: Implications for thermosetting resins

R Haney, RH Kollarigowda, L Wiegart… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding the response of fillers in the epoxy resin crosslinking process and
characterizing polymer–filler dynamics are the key features that guide the engineering of …

Polymer–particle mixtures: Depletion and packing effects

M Doxastakis, YL Chen, O Guzman… - The Journal of chemical …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
The structure of polymers in the vicinity of spherical colloids is investigated by Monte Carlo
simulations and integral equation theory. Polymers are represented by a simple bead …