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PHASE TRANSITIONS: Y's and Ends.

P Pincus

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |September 6, 2007
    PubMed
    Summary

    Colloidal suspensions with charged particles phase separate via a polymer physics mechanism. This occurs as suspended particles form polymerlike chains, unifying diverse material systems.

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