As one increases the concentration of a colloidal suspension, the system exhibits a dramatic
increase in viscosity. Beyond a certain concentration, the system is said to be a colloidal …

In this work, we present a review of recently achieved progress in the field of soft condensed
matter physics, and in particular on the study of the static properties of solutions or …

The strongly coupled dusty plasmas are formed by suspending negatively charged SiO 2
fine particles with 10 μm diameter in weakly ionized rf Ar discharges. The Coulomb crystals …

Monodisperse colloidal suspensions of micrometre-sized spheres are playing an
increasingly important role as model systems to study, in real space, a variety of phenomena …

Colloidal particles are microscopic solid particles suspended in a fluid. Colloids are small
enough that thermal energy drives their dynamics and ensures equilibration with the …

Melting and freezing are very common phenomena in everyday life. This review focusses on
the statistical mechanics of these ubiquitous phase transitions and highlights recent work on …

We present a microscopic measurement of the interaction potential between isolated pairs of
charged colloidal spheres. The measured spatial dependence of the potential is consistent …

We review the sequences of structural states that can be induced in colloidal suspensions
by the application of flow. Structure formation during flow is strongly affected by the delicate …

Sub-micrometre charged latex spheres can be suspended in water to form regular arrays
known as colloidal crystals. In contrast to most conventional solids, colloidal crystals can be …

X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) enables the study of sample dynamics
between micrometer and atomic length scales. As a coherent scattering technique, it …