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Colloidal Phase Transitions

Colloidal Phase Transitions is a physical phenomenon denoting the transformation of a colloidal system between distinct structural phases, such as from a disordered fluid to an ordered crystalline array, driven by changes in parameters like particle concentration, temperature, or interparticle interactions.

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Three-Dimensional Direct Imaging of Structural Relaxation Near the Colloidal Glass Transition

Eric R. Weeks, John C. Crocker, Andrew Levitt et al. · Science · 2000 · 1.9K citations

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Insights into phase transition kinetics from colloid science

Valerie J. Anderson, H. N. W. Lekkerkerker · Nature · 2002 · 972 citations · Full text

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Two-Stage Melting of Paramagnetic Colloidal Crystals in Two Dimensions

K. Zahn, R. Lenke, G. Maret · Physical Review Letters · 1999 · 590 citations

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Entropically driven microphase transitions in mixtures of colloidal rods and spheres

Marie Adams, Zvonimir Dogic, Sarah L. Keller et al. · Nature · 1998 · 511 citations

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Liquid crystal phase transitions in suspensions of polydisperse plate-like particles

F. M. van der Kooij, K. Kassapidou, H. N. W. Lekkerkerker · Nature · 2000 · 445 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. HN
    H. N. W. Lekkerkerker

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    13 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. MD
    Marjolein Dijkstra

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    11 publications · 709 citations

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  3. CB
    Clemens Bechinger

    University of Stuttgart, Germany

    10 publications · 674 citations

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  4. HL
    Hartmut Löwen

    Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

    10 publications · 840 citations

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  5. ER
    Eric R. Weeks

    Emory University, United States

    9 publications · 3.2K citations

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Institutions

358

  1. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    27 h-index

    108 publications

    9.1K citations

  2. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    17 h-index

    52 publications

    6.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    48 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, Germany

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    1K citations

  7. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    2.2K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 62 publications · 7.5K citations

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  2. Physical Review E

    PRE · 38 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Soft Matter

    28 publications · 1K citations

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  5. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    34 publications · 1.3K citations

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