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Phase separation and dynamical arrest for particles interacting with mixed potentials—the case of globular proteins revisited

Gibaud, Thomas ; Cardinaux, Frédéric ; Bergenholtz, Johan ; Stradner, Anna ; Schurtenberger, Peter

In: Soft Matter, 2011, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 857

We examine the applicability of the extended law of corresponding states (ELCS) to equilibrium and non equilibrium features of the state diagram of the globular protein lysozyme. We provide compelling evidence that the ELCS correctly reproduces the location of the binodal for different ionic strengths, but fails in describing the location of the arrest line. We subsequently use Mode Coupling...

Université de Fribourg

Scattering functions of core-shell-structured hard spheres with Schulz-distributed radii

Nayeri, M. ; Zackrisson, Malin ; Bergenholtz, Johan

In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009, vol. 113, no. 24, p. 8296–8302

The scattering intensity of polydisperse systems of core−shell and layered hard spheres is considered. The Percus−Yevick solution for the partial structure factors is cast in a form suitable for numerical and analytical treatment. Closed-form, analytical expressions are given for an effective hard-sphere model of the scattering intensity of particles with an internal layered structure and a...

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Structure, dynamics, and rheology of concentrated dispersions of poly(ethylene glycol)-grafted colloids

Zackrisson, Malin ; Stradner, Anna ; Schurtenberger, Peter ; Bergenholtz, Johan

In: Physical Review E, 2006, vol. 73, p. 011408

A comprehensive experimental study of the dynamics and rheology of concentrated aqueous dispersions of poly(ethylene glycol)-grafted colloidal spheres is reported. The study focuses on good solvent conditions, for which excluded-volume interactions dominate. At high concentrations a glass transition is evident from the nondecaying component of the intensity correlation function measured with...

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Small-angle neutron scattering on a core-shell colloidal system: a contrast-variation study

Zackrisson, M. ; Stradner, Anna ; Schurtenberger, Peter ; Bergenholtz, Johan

In: Langmuir, 2005, vol. 21(23), p. 10835

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements are reported on a sterically stabilized, core-shell colloidal system using contrast variation. Aqueous dispersions of polystyrene particles bearing grafted poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) have been studied over a large range of particle concentrations and two different solvent conditions for the PEG polymer. SANS data are analyzed quantitatively by...