Effect of Geometrical Confinement on Depletion Interactions in Colloidal Suspensions

Chin. Phys. Lett.

2005, Vol. 22

Issue (5): 1267-1269 DOI:

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Effect of Geometrical Confinement on Depletion Interactions in Colloidal Suspensions

GUO Ji-Yuan;LI Chun-Shu;XIAO Chang-Ming

Department of Physics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081

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GUO Ji-Yuan, LI Chun-Shu, XIAO Chang-Ming 2005 Chin. Phys. Lett. 22 1267-1269

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Abstract The depletion effect between two big hard spheres in a sea of small spheres under a geometrical confinement is studied by Monte Carlo simulations. The numerical results show that both the depletion potential and depletion force are sensitive to the geometrical confinements.

Keywords: 82.70.Dd

Published: 01 May 2005

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82.70.Dd

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