Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Tlusty T. and Safran S. A. 2001Entropic networks in colloidal self-assemblyPhil. Trans. R. Soc. A.359879–881http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0807SectionRestricted accessEntropic networks in colloidal self-assembly T. Tlusty T. Tlusty Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot>, Israel ( [email protected] Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and S. A. Safran S. A. Safran Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot>, Israel ( Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author T. Tlusty T. Tlusty Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot>, Israel ( [email protected] Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and S. A. Safran S. A. Safran Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot>, Israel ( Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:15 May 2001https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0807AbstractA critical phase separation in self–assembling colloidal dispersions is predicted. The coexisting phases are a dilute gas of ends that coexists with a high–density liquid of branching points. Our model provides a unified explanation for the branched structures, the unusually low critical temperature and density, and the consequent two–phase coexistence ‘islands’ in both cylindrical microemulsions and dilute dispersions of dipolar particles (e.g. ferrofluids). 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This Issue15 May 2001Volume 359Issue 1782Discussion Meeting Issue ‘Interactions, structure and phase behaviour of colloidal dispersions’ organized by Jean–Pierre Hansen, Peter N. Pusey and Patrick B. Warren Article InformationDOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0807Published by:Royal SocietyPrint ISSN:1364-503XOnline ISSN:1471-2962History: Published online15/05/2001Published in print15/05/2001 License: Citations and impact Keywordsdipolar fluidferrofluidnetworkself–assemblingmicroemulsion