Observation of a microcrystalline gel in colloids with competing interactions.
A stable short-range crystalline structure is observed in colloidal systems with competing short-range attractions and long-range repulsions. We term these structures "microcrystalline gels" as the microcrystals are embedded in a dense disordered network.
Zhang
Tian Hui
TH
Van't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Research Institute, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Groenewold
Jan
J
Kegel
Willem K
WK