Table 1 Table of the colloid volume fraction ϕ0, colloid radius a and polymer mass concentration ρ, and other derived quantities corresponding to the BCAT experiments

From: Phase-field modeling of colloid-polymer mixtures in microgravity

Sample

Year

ϕ0

a (nm)

ρ (mg/mL)

ξ = δ/a

(4/3)πδ3nR

BCAT-3 Sample 1

2006

0.2273

97

0.814

1.24

24.58

BCAT-3 Sample 2

2006

0.22

97

0.781

1.24

18.57

BCAT-3 Sample 4

2008

0.21

97

0.737

1.24

12.83

BCAT-3 Sample 6

2006

0.2112

97

0.742

1.24

13.40

BCAT-4 Sample 1

2008

0.2237

97

0.797

1.24

21.37

BCAT-4 Sample 2

2013

0.2173

97

0.770

1.24

16.80

BCAT-4 Sample 3

2013

0.2151

97

0.760

1.24

15.48

BCAT-5 Sample 4

2011

0.223

216

0.797

0.56

0.92

BCAT-5 Sample 5

2011

0.2173

216

0.770

0.56

0.85

BCAT-5 Sample 6

2009

0.29

229

0.72

0.52

1.23

BCAT-5 Sample 7

2010

0.24

229

0.88

0.52

0.99

BCAT-5 Sample 8

2010

0.35

229

0.55

0.52

1.81

  1. The solvent composition is 47:53 decalin/tetralin for the BCAT-3 and BCAT-4 experiments, and 45:55 for the BCAT-5 experiments. The temperature is T = 295 K and the polymer radius of gyration is δ = 120 nm. The second column of the table shows the year the images were taken, as reported on the NASA PSI database. The PIs for the BCAT-3 experiments were D. Weitz, P. N. Pusey, A. G. Yodh, P. M. Chaikin and W. B. Russel. The PI for BCAT-4 Samples 1-3 and BCAT-5 Samples 4-5 was D. Weitz, and the co-I was P. Lu. The PI for BCAT-5 Samples 6-8 was B. Frisken, and the co-I was A. Bailey.
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