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Transient nucleation driven by solvent evaporation
R. de Bruijn, J. J. Michels, P. van der Schoot
We theoretically investigate homogeneous crystal nucleation in a solution containing a solute and a volatile solvent. The solvent evaporates from the solution, thereby continuously…
Geometric percolation of colloids in shear flow
Ilian Pihlajamaa, René de Bruijn, Paul van der Schoot
We combine a heuristic theory of geometric percolation and the Smoluchowski theory of colloid dynamics to predict the impact of shear flow on the percolation threshold of hard sphe…
Enhanced ordering in length-polydisperse carbon nanotube solutions at high concentrations as revealed by small angle X-ray scattering
Vida Jamali, Francesca Mirri, Evan G. Biggers +7
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are stiff, all-carbon macromolecules with diameters as small as one nanometer and few microns long. Solutions of CNTs in chlorosulfonic acid (CSA) follow th…
A Landau-de Gennes theory for hard colloidal rods: defects and tactoids
Jeffrey Everts, Melle Punter, Sela Samin +2
We construct a phenomenological Landau-de Gennes theory for hard colloidal rods by performing an order parameter expansion of the chemical-potential dependent grand potential. By f…
Linear Aggregation Revisited: Rods, Rings and Worms
P. van der Schoot, J. P. Wittmer
The problem of ring formation in solutions of cylindrical micelles is reinvestigated theoretically, taking into account a finite bending rigidity of the self-assembled linear objec…