title: Structure of colloidosomes with tunable particle density: simulation versus experiment.
abstract: Colloidosomes are created in the laboratory from a Pickering emulsion of water droplets in oil. The colloidosomes have approximately the same diameter and by choosing (hairy) particles of different diameters it is possible to control the particle density on the droplets. The experiment is performed at room temperature. The radial distribution function of the assembly of (primary) particles on the water droplet is measured in the laboratory and in a computer experiment of a fluid model of particles with pairwise interactions on the surface of a sphere.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Theoretical Physics and Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa. rfantoni@ts.infn.it
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fantoni
authors.forename: Johannes W O
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Salari
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klumperman
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009821:Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D012212:Rheology / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D009821:Oils; D014867:Water