Re-entrant melting and freezing in a model system of charged colloids Export

@article{royall06, abstract = {We studied the phase behavior of charged and sterically stabilized colloids using confocal microscopy in a low polarity solvent (dielectric constant 5.4). Upon increasing the colloid volume fraction we found a transition from a fluid to a body centered cubic crystal at 0.04150.0005, followed by reentrant melting at 0.11650.0015. A second crystal of different symmetry, random hexagonal close packed, was formed at a volume fraction around 0.5, similar to that of hard spheres. We attribute the intriguing phase behavior to the particle interactions that depend strongly on volume fraction, mainly due to the changes in the colloid charge. In this low polarity system the colloids acquire charge through ion adsorption. The low ionic strength leads to fewer ions per colloid at elevated volume fractions and consequently a density-dependent colloid charge.}, author = {Royall, Patrick C. and Leunissen, Mirjam E. and Hynninen, Antti P. and Dijkstra, Marjolein and van Blaaderen, Alfons}, citeulike-article-id = {4780663}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JCPSA6000124000024244706000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aip.org/link/?JCP/124/244706}, journal = {The Journal of Chemical Physics}, keywords = {charged, confocal, crystals}, number = {24}, pages = {244706}, posted-at = {2009-06-08 20:27:50}, priority = {2}, publisher = {AIP}, title = {Re-entrant melting and freezing in a model system of charged colloids}, url = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JCPSA6000124000024244706000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, volume = {124}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - royall06 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4780663 N2 - We studied the phase behavior of charged and sterically stabilized colloids using confocal microscopy in a low polarity solvent (dielectric constant 5.4). Upon increasing the colloid volume fraction we found a transition from a fluid to a body centered cubic crystal at 0.04150.0005, followed by reentrant melting at 0.11650.0015. A second crystal of different symmetry, random hexagonal close packed, was formed at a volume fraction around 0.5, similar to that of hard spheres. We attribute the intriguing phase behavior to the particle interactions that depend strongly on volume fraction, mainly due to the changes in the colloid charge. In this low polarity system the colloids acquire charge through ion adsorption. The low ionic strength leads to fewer ions per colloid at elevated volume fractions and consequently a density-dependent colloid charge. IS - 24 JF - The Journal of Chemical Physics EP - 244706 TI - Re-entrant melting and freezing in a model system of charged colloids PB - AIP VL - 124 SP - 244706 KW - charged KW - confocal KW - crystals AU - Royall, Patrick AU - Leunissen, Mirjam AU - Hynninen, Antti AU - Dijkstra, Marjolein AU - van Blaaderen, Alfons PY - 2006/// UR - http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JCPSA6000124000024244706000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes ER -