Depletion driven adsorption of colloidal rods onto a hard wall
arXiv:cond-mat/9709036 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.57.1983
Abstract
In a mixed suspension of rods and small polymer coils, the rods adsorb onto a hard wall in contact with the suspension. This adsorption is studied in the low density of rods limit. It is driven by depletion forces and is much stronger for long rods than for spheres. This is shown by means of exact, numerical, calculations and an approximate theory.
11 pages, 5 figures