THEORY OF LIQUID-BCC-FCC COEXISTENCE IN CHARGE-STABILIZED COLLOIDAL SYSTEMS

被引:33
作者
SENGUPTA, S
SOOD, AK
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 44卷 / 02期
关键词
PHASE-DIAGRAM; SUSPENSIONS; CRYSTALS; TRANSITION;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.44.1233
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present a density-functional theory for the phase diagram of charge-stabilized colloids with bcc, fcc, and liquid phases. The theory requires inclusion of terms involving the three-body direct correlation function of the liquid, but even a simple parametrization of these terms reproduces the features of the experimental phase diagram. We make additional directly testable predictions from our theory.
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页码:1233 / 1236
页数:4
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