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Reentrant network formation in patchy colloidal mixtures under gravity
2016
Physical review. E
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We study a two-dimensional binary mixture of patchy colloids in sedimentation-diffusion-equilibrium using Monte Carlo simulation and Wertheim's theory. By tuning the buoyant masses of the colloids we can control the gravity-induced sequence of fluid stacks of differing density and percolation properties. We find complex stacking sequences with up to four layers and reentrant network formation, consistently in simulations and theoretically using only the bulk phase diagram as input. Our theory
doi:10.1103/physreve.93.030601
pmid:27078278
fatcat:t6dhxuj34bgjxcmfukdrwzk2hm