Phase Diagram of Patchy Colloids: Towards Empty Liquids Export

@article{citeulike:4220018, abstract = {We report theoretical and numerical evaluations of the phase diagram for patchy colloidal particles of new generation. We show that the reduction of the number of bonded nearest neighbors offers the possibility of generating liquid states (i.e., states with temperature T lower than the liquid-gas critical temperature) with a vanishing occupied packing fraction (), a case which can not be realized with spherically interacting particles. Theoretical results suggest that such reduction is accompanied by an increase of the region of stability of the liquid phase in the (T-) plane, possibly favoring the establishment of homogeneous disordered materials at small , i.e., stable equilibrium gels.}, author = {Bianchi, Emanuela and Largo, Julio and Tartaglia, Piero and Zaccarelli, Emanuela and Sciortino, Francesco}, citeulike-article-id = {4220018}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000097000016168301000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v97/e168301}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.168301}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.168301}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {colloids, phases, structure, theory}, number = {16}, pages = {168301+}, posted-at = {2009-03-25 16:56:02}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Phase Diagram of Patchy Colloids: Towards Empty Liquids}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.168301}, volume = {97}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4220018 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4220018 N2 - We report theoretical and numerical evaluations of the phase diagram for patchy colloidal particles of new generation. We show that the reduction of the number of bonded nearest neighbors offers the possibility of generating liquid states (i.e., states with temperature T lower than the liquid-gas critical temperature) with a vanishing occupied packing fraction (), a case which can not be realized with spherically interacting particles. Theoretical results suggest that such reduction is accompanied by an increase of the region of stability of the liquid phase in the (T-) plane, possibly favoring the establishment of homogeneous disordered materials at small , i.e., stable equilibrium gels. IS - 16 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Phase Diagram of Patchy Colloids: Towards Empty Liquids PB - APS VL - 97 SP - 168301 KW - colloids KW - phases KW - structure KW - theory AU - Bianchi, Emanuela AU - Largo, Julio AU - Tartaglia, Piero AU - Zaccarelli, Emanuela AU - Sciortino, Francesco PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.168301 ER -