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cond-mat.soft2010★ 353 cited
Observation of empty liquids and equilibrium gels in a colloidal clay
Barbara Ruzicka, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Laura Zulian +5
The relevance of anisotropic interactions in colloidal systems has recently emerged in the context of the rational design of new soft materials. Patchy colloids of different shapes…
cond-mat.soft2010★ 94 cited
Competing interactions in arrested states of colloidal clays
B. Ruzicka, L. Zulian, E. Zaccarelli +4
Using experiments, theory and simulations, we show that the arrested state observed in a colloidal clay at intermediate concentrations is stabilized by the screened Coulomb repulsi…