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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
Free-volume theory for understanding depletion phenomena in mixtures of two species is generally derived using scaled-particle theory for those specific entities. Here we first give a general scaled-particle method for convex bodies in terms of the characteristic geometrical measures of the depletion agent, i.e., its volume, surface area, and integrated mean curvature, in mixtures with hard spheres. Second, we show that similar results can be derived from fundamental-measure theory. This different approach allows us to get a deep insight into the meaning of the various contributions to the theory from a geometrical point of view. From these two methods we arrive at a generalized "recipe" to free-volume theory. This recipe can be based on a desired equation of state for any convex shape of the depletion agents and is also valid for (polydisperse) mixtures of those. This is illustrated by mixtures of spheres with ellipsoids, spheres with several geometries as models for disklike mesogens, e.g., gibbsite, as well as depletion of spheres due to bar-shaped colloids, e.g., goethite.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
214502
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
General methods for free-volume theory.
pubmed:affiliation
Van't Hoff-Laboratorium voor Fysische en Colloïdchemie, Debye-Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article