The relevance of anisotropic interactions in colloidal systems has recently emerged in the
context of the rational design of new soft materials. Patchy colloids of different shapes …

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Colloidal clay in water suspensions are known to exhibit a multitude of bulk phases
depending on initial colloidal concentration and ionic strength, and examples of this include …

A three-component system consisting of butylammonium vermiculite, butylammonium
chloride, and water was studied by X-ray and neutron diffraction experiments in freezing …

Laponite dispersions in water, at moderate ionic strength and high p H, are thixotropic:
depending on previous history, they can be fluids or gels. The mechanisms of the fluid-gel …

Synthetic hectorite clay Laponite RD/XLG is composed of disk-shaped nanoparticles that
acquire dissimilar charges when suspended in an aqueous medium. Owing to their property …

The gelation of water suspension of a synthetic clay (Laponite) has been studied by dynamic
light scattering in a wide range of clay weight concentration (C w= 0.003–0.031). At variance …

It is a great pleasure for us to present a collection of papers read at the Toyoichi Tanaka
Memorial Symposium on Gels held on 10-12 September 2008 in Tokyo. Professor Toyoichi …

The molecular dynamics of aqueous solutions of propylene glycol (PG) and propylene glycol
methylether (PGME) confined in a two-dimensional layer-structured Na-vermiculite clay has …