Colloid-Polymer Mixtures at Triple Coexistence: Kinetic Maps from Free-Energy Landscapes
- 9 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 83 (6), 1239-1242
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1239
Abstract
We have studied the kinetics of phase separation in a colloid-polymer mixture. The evolution of initially homogeneous samples as they separate into coexisting colloidal gas, liquid, and crystal phases was investigated by time-lapse video recording. Distinct kinetic regimes were found, the existence and character of which are interpreted in terms of the “free energy landscape” of the system.Keywords
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