Colloid physics

Layer 1 — Physicsin the soft-matter subtree

Dispersions of mesoscopic particles (1 nm–1 μm) in a fluid, where Brownian motion keeps them suspended and pairwise DLVO (van der Waals + double-layer) interactions control phase behaviour. Particle size is the crucial length because k_BT…

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