Colloids and Emulsions at UPenn

Colloids and Emulsions
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
Fax: +1.215.898.2010
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Some of Our Relevant Publications
Network Growth in the Flocculation of Concentrated Colloidal Silica Dispersions, P.A. Heiney, R.J. Butera, J.D. Londono, R.V. Davidson, and S. Mazur. J. Phys. Chem. B 104 (2000) 8807.
Soap Froths and Crystal Structures, P. Ziherl and Randall D. Kamien. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 3528.
Entropically Driven Crystallization on Patterned Surfaces, K.-H. Lin, J.C. Crocker, V. Prasad, A. Schofield, D.A. Weitz, T.C. Lubensky and A.G. Yodh. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 1770.
Charge-Reversal Instability in Mixed Bilayer Vesicles, Y. Chen and P.C. Nelson. Phys. Rev. E 62 (2000) 2608.
Surfactant-Mediated Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Colloidal Crystals, L. Ramos, T.C. Lubensky, N. Dan, P.C. Nelson and D.A. Weitz. Science 286 (1999) 2325.
Electrostatic Repulsion of Positively Charged Vesicles and Negatively Charged Objects, Helim Aranda-Espinoza, Yi Chen, Nily Dan, T.C. Lubensky, Philip Nelson, Laurence Ramos and D.A. Weitz. Science 285 (1999) 394.
Particle-stabilized defect gel in cholesteric liquid crystals, Martin Zápotocký, Laurence Ramos, Philippe Poulin, T.C. Lubensky and D.A. Weitz. Science 283, 209 (1999).
Hard Spheres in Vesicles: Curvature-Induced Forces and Particle-Induced Curvature, A. D. Dinsmore, D. T. Wong, Philip Nelson, A. G. Yodh. Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 409.
Topological Defects and Interactions in Nematic Emulsions, T.C. Lubensky, David Pettey, Nathan Currier and Holger Stark. University of Pennsylvania Preprint (1997).
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