Polydispersity and the fluid-crystalline phase transition

E. Dickinson , R. Parker

A « critical » degree of polydispersity is postulated beyond which liquid and crystalline states merge. For a system with a triangular particle-size distribution, the disappearance of the melting transition is estimated to occur at levels of just less than 30 % polydispersity.

Mots clés: colloids; solid liquid transformations; fluid crystalline phase transition; polydispersity; triangular particle size distribution; melting transition

Domaines: Articles anciens

E. Dickinson, R. Parker. Polydispersity and the fluid-crystalline phase transition. Journal de Physique Lettres, 1985, 46 (6), pp.229-232. ⟨10.1051/jphyslet:01985004606022900⟩. ⟨jpa-00232504⟩