Liquid-state theory of charged colloids

被引:83
作者
Levin, Y [1 ]
Barbosa, MC [1 ]
Tamashiro, MN [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Rio Grande Sul, Inst Fis, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 41卷 / 02期
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10.1209/epl/i1998-00119-4
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A simple theory of the fluid state of a charged colloidal suspension is proposed. The full free energy of a polyelectrolyte solution is calculated. It is found that the counterions condense onto the polyions forming clusters composed of one polyion and n counterions. The distribution of cluster sizes is determined explicitly. In agreement with the current experimental and Monte Carlo results, no liquid-gas phase separation was encountered.
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