title: Non-equilibrium behavior of sticky colloidal particles: beads, clusters and gels.
abstract: To understand the non-equilibrium behavior of colloidal particles with short-range attraction, we studied salt-induced aggregation of lysozyme. Optical microscopy revealed four regimes: bicontinuous texture, 'beads', large aggregates, and transient gelation. The interaction of a metastable liquid-liquid binodal and an ergodic to non-ergodic transition boundary inside the equilibrium crystallization region can explain our findings.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sedgwick
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kroy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salonen
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: S U
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Egelhaaf
authors.forename: W C K
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Poon
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008863:Microspheres; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000072340:NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D010316:Particle Size; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D005782:Gels; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D000072340:NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D009113:Muramidase; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase