Phase transition kinetics in colloid-polymer mixtures at triple coexistence: Kinetic maps from free-energy landscapes
- 30 August 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 64 (3), 031402
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.64.031402
Abstract
We report a detailed experimental study of the kinetics of separation into coexisting gas, liquid, and crystal phases in a colloid-polymer mixture. Distinct kinetic regimes are identified, and interpreted in terms of the underlying “free-energy landscape” of the system.Keywords
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