Colloidal crystals: A van der Waals approach

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作者
Baus, M
Coussaert, T
Achrayah, R
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[1] Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels
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10.1016/0378-4371(96)00167-7
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Colloidal dispersions allow various order-disorder phase transitions to be observed by optical means. These transitions can be understood in terms of free-volume and cohesion-energy considerations provided these concepts are defined not only for the disordered phase, as in the Van der Waals theory, but also for the ordered phase.
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