{
  "id": "cond-mat/0202532",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2002-02-28T13:05:05.000Z",
  "updated": "2002-02-28T13:05:05.000Z",
  "title": "Critical Casimir Forces in Colloidal Suspensions",
  "authors": [
    "F. Schlesener",
    "A. Hanke",
    "S. Dietrich"
  ],
  "comment": "29 pages, 14 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "Some time ago, Fisher and de Gennes pointed out that long-ranged correlations in a fluid close to its critical point Tc cause distinct forces between immersed colloidal particles which can even lead to flocculation [C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris B 287, 207 (1978)]. Here we calculate such forces between pairs of spherical particles as function of both relevant thermodynamic variables, i.e., the reduced temperature t = (T-Tc)/Tc and the field h conjugate to the order parameter. This provides the basis for specific predictions concerning the phase behavior of a suspension of colloidal particles in a near-critical solvent.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2002-02-28T13:05:05.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "critical casimir forces",
      "colloidal suspensions",
      "relevant thermodynamic variables",
      "fluid close",
      "immersed colloidal particles"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 29,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2002cond.mat..2532S"
    }
  }
}