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The '''depletion force''' is an [[entropy |entropic]] force arising from the excluded volume (and hence net entropy gain) in a binary [[colloids |colloidal]] solution.  | The '''depletion force''' is an [[entropy |entropic]] force arising from the excluded volume (and hence net entropy gain) in a binary [[colloids |colloidal]] solution.  | ||
==References==  | ==References==  | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1958.1203312618 Sho Asakura, Fumio Oosawa "Interaction between particles suspended in solutions of macromolecules", Journal of Polymer Science '''33''' pp. 183 - 192 (1958)]  | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1740346  S. Asakura and F. Oosawa "Surface Tension of High-Polymer Solutions", Journal of Chemical Physics '''22''' 1255 (1954)]  | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1958.1203312618 Sho Asakura, Fumio Oosawa "Interaction between particles suspended in solutions of macromolecules", Journal of Polymer Science '''33''' pp. 183-192 (1958)]  | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820785 Weihua Li, Tao Yang and Hong-ru Ma "Depletion potentials in colloidal mixtures of hard spheres and rods", Journal of Chemical Physics '''128''' 044910 (2008)]  | |||
Revision as of 11:49, 30 January 2008
The depletion force is an entropic force arising from the excluded volume (and hence net entropy gain) in a binary colloidal solution.
References
- S. Asakura and F. Oosawa "Surface Tension of High-Polymer Solutions", Journal of Chemical Physics 22 1255 (1954)
 - Sho Asakura, Fumio Oosawa "Interaction between particles suspended in solutions of macromolecules", Journal of Polymer Science 33 pp. 183-192 (1958)
 - Weihua Li, Tao Yang and Hong-ru Ma "Depletion potentials in colloidal mixtures of hard spheres and rods", Journal of Chemical Physics 128 044910 (2008)