Magnetic and electrostatic interactions of colloids and polyelectrolytes [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Norman Hoffmann

Magnetic and Electrostatic Interactionsof Colloids and PolyelectrolytesInaugural–DissertationzurErlangung des Doktorgrades derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultat¨der Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf¨ ¨vorgelegt vonNORMAN HOFFMANNaus LichDusseldorf, Dezember 2006¨Aus dem Institut fur¨ Theoretische Physik IIder Heinrich-Heine Universitat Dusseldorf¨ ¨Gedruckt mit Genehmigung derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultat¨der Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Dusseldorf¨Referent: Prof. Dr. C. N. LikosKoreferent: Prof. Dr. H. Low¨ enTag der mundlic¨ hen Prufung:¨ im Januar 2007°c Norman Hoffmann 2006All Rights Reserved.This thesis is based on the following original papers:Chapter 2N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, and H. Lowen,¨Microphase structuring in two-dimensional magnetic colloid mixtures,J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, 10193 (2006).Chapter 3H. Lowen, R. Messina, N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, C. Eisenmann, P. Keim,¨U. Gasser, G. Maret, R. Goldberg, and T. Palberg,Colloidal layers in magnetic fields and under shear flow,J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, S3379 (2005).N. Hoffmann, F. Ebert, C. N. Likos, H. Low¨ en, and G. Maret,Partial Clustering in Binary Two-Dimensional Colloidal Suspensions,Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 078301 (2006).N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, and H. Lowen,¨Microphase structuring in two-dimensional magnetic colloidal mixtures,J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, 10193 (2006).Chapter 4N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, and H.