From soft to hard sphere behavior: the role of single particle elasticity over the phase behavior of microgel suspensions
The goal of this thesis is to study the role of single particle elasticity in the overall behavior of particulate systems. For this purpose, we use microgel particles, which are crosslinked polymer networks immersed in a solvent. In these systems, the amount of cross-linker determines their elastici...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37269 |