Static colloid morphology

The aim of Static Colloid Morphology is to explain the actual shape of a limited amount of a colloid rich phase from the properties of both elements. The case considered is of course the simplest one. More complicated study objects are for instance colloid bodies of a composite nature, consisting of more than one colloid rich phase. 

In this first we deal mainly with morphological systems in equilibrium (static colloid morphology), in the succeeding morphological changes of state (dynamic colloid morphology) are more prominent. 

In 5a we discussed the final positions which the coacervate and the equilibrium liquid assume with respect to one another and the enclosing membrane. This still belongs to static colloid morphology. One can however with precisely the method... 

The tasks of colloid morphology and its two subdivisions, static and dynamic colloid morphology have already been expounded in brief outline in chapter I. 

The microstructure and particle morphology (size, shape, and surface roughness) of the colloids were studied with 13C and 29Si NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and static and dynamic light scattering. 

Reconstructable polymer surfaces form a toolbox for the rapidly developing field of smart coatings and the structure of the coatings can be programmed in the formation. For instance, the colloidal particles formulated by the emulsion copolymerization of acrylate and fluorinated acrylate monomers can form stratified film morphologies, where the fluorinated phase can be driven to the film/ air or film/substrate interfaces. As a result, static and kinetic coefficients of friction can be controlled at the film/air interface, resulting... 

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