A theoretical estimate of the Wilson-Frenkel kinetics of colloidal crystal growth in charge-stabilized dispersions

✍ Scribed by M.S. Ripoll; C.F. Tejero; M. Baus

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 467 KB
• Volume: 234
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-4371
• DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4371(96)00277-4

✦ Synopsis

The Wilson-Frenkel growth law of colloidal crystals formed in charge-stabilized dispersions of latex spheres is investigated theoretically on the basis of variational free-energy estimates. We find, in agreement with recent experimental results, that the reduced growth velocity is a universal function of some rescaled density variable.