5 papers
Wall-Fluid and Liquid-Gas Interfaces of Model Colloid-Polymer Mixtures by Simulation and Theory
Andrea Fortini, Marjolein Dijkstra, Matthias Schmidt +1
We perform a study of the interfacial properties of a model suspension of hard sphere colloids with diameter and non-adsorbing ideal polymer coils with diameter . For th…
Contact Angle of the Colloidal Liquid-Gas Interface and a Hard Wall
Paul P. F. Wessels, Matthias Schmidt, Hartmut Lowen
We consider the Asakura-Oosawa-Vrij model of hard sphere colloids and ideal polymer coils in contact with a planar hard wall at (colloidal) liquid-gas coexistence. Using extensive…
Entropy-induced Microphase Separation in Hard Diblock Copolymers
Paul P. F. Wessels, Bela M. Mulder
Whereas entropy can induce phase behavior that is as rich as seen in energetic systems, microphase separation remains a very rare phenomenon in entropic systems. In this paper, we…
Is there a reentrant glass in binary mixtures?
E. Zaccarelli, H. Lowen, P. P. F. Wessels +3
By employing computer simulations for a model binary mixture, we show that a reentrant glass transition upon adding a second component only occurs if the ratio of the short-tim…
Capillary Condensation and Interface Structure of a Model Colloid-Polymer Mixture in a Porous Medium
Paul P. F. Wessels, Matthias Schmidt, Hartmut Löwen
We consider the Asakura-Oosawa model of hard sphere colloids and ideal polymers in contact with a porous matrix modeled by immobilized configurations of hard spheres. For this tern…