04123nam 22006495 450 991034950300332120200705074623.03-030-33683-210.1007/978-3-030-33683-7(CKB)4100000009678372(MiAaPQ)EBC5968666(DE-He213)978-3-030-33683-7(PPN)269146261(EXLCZ)99410000000967837220191028d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPolymer-Mediated Phase Stability of Colloids /by Álvaro González García1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (162 pages)Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-50533-030-33682-4 Introduction -- Part 1: Spherical Colloids -- Tuning the Phase Diagram of Colloid–polymer Mixtures -- Depletion-driven Solid–solid Coexistence in Colloid–polymer Mixtures -- Unipletion in Colloid–polymer Mixtures -- Part 2: Anisotropic Hard Colloids -- Superballs Mixed with Non-Adsorbing Polymers -- Discotic Dispersions Mediated by Depletion -- Part 3: Spherical Association Colloids -- On the Colloidal Stability of Association Colloids -- Polymer-mediated Stability of Micellar Suspensions.Colloid–polymer mixtures are subject of intensive research due to their wide range of applicability, for instance in coatings and food-stuffs. This thesis constitutes a fundamental investigation towards a better control over the stability of such suspensions. Through the chapters, different key parameters governing the stability of colloid–polymer mixtures are explored. How the colloid (pigment) shape and the effective polymer-colloid affinity modulate the stability of the suspension are examples of these key parameters. Despise the mostly theoretical results presented, the thesis is written in a format accessible to a broad scientific audience. Some of the equations of state presented might of direct use to experimentalists. Furthermore, new theoretical insights about colloid–polymer mixtures are put forward. These include four-phase coexistences in effective two-component, quantification of depletant partitioning at high colloidal concentrations, multiple re-entrant phase behaviour of the colloidal fluid–solid coexistence, and a condition where polymers are neither depleted nor adsorbed from/to the colloidal surface.Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053Phase transitions (Statistical physics)Polymers  Amorphous substancesComplex fluidsPhysical chemistryPhase Transitions and Multiphase Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25099Polymer Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C22008Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25021Physical Chemistryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C21001Phase transitions (Statistical physics).Polymers  .Amorphous substances.Complex fluids.Physical chemistry.Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.Polymer Sciences.Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.Physical Chemistry.530.474541.345González García Álvaroauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063391MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910349503003321Polymer-Mediated Phase Stability of Colloids2532075UNINA