Sedimentation of colloidal plate-sphere mixtures and inference of particle characteristics from stacking sequences

T Eckert, M Schmidt, D de las Heras - Physical Review Research, 2022 - APS
We investigate theoretically the effect of gravity on a plate-sphere colloidal mixture by means
of an Onsager-like density functional to describe the bulk, and sedimentation path theory to …

Multiphase Coexistence in an Ionic Liquid: 1-Decyl-3-methylimidazolium Nitrate

H Abe, S Maruyama, H Kishimura… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Complicated phase transitions were observed in a single-component 1-decyl-3-
methylimidazolium nitrate ([C10mim][NO3]) ionic liquid (IL) using Raman spectroscopy and …

Superdiffusion and heterogeneous dynamics in liquid crystals by microrheology

FA García Daza, AM Puertas, A Cuetos, A Patti - Molecular Physics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Microrheology (MR) has emerged as a powerful tool for unraveling the intricate local
viscoelastic properties of various soft materials. By tracking the free (passive MR) or forced …

Phase Behaviour of Colloidal Rods Mixed with Depletants

HNW Lekkerkerker, R Tuinier, M Vis - Colloids and the Depletion …, 2024 - Springer
So far, we have considered the phase behaviour of colloidal spheres mixed with depletants.
In Chap. 3, we considered the simplest type of depletant, the penetrable hard sphere (PHS) …

Effects of polymer nonideality on depletion-induced phase behaviour of colloidal disks and rods

VFD Peters, R Tuinier, M Vis - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Colloidal dispersions composed of either platelets or rods exhibit liquid crystalline phase
behaviour that is strongly influenced by the addition of nonadsorbing polymers. In this work …