Rod Sphere Mixtures

The images below are explained in our papers on rod sphere mixtures:

1. Adams, M., Dogic, Z., Keller, S.L., and Fraden, S. Entropically driven microphase transitions in mixtures of colloidal rods and spheres. Nature 393:349-352, 1998.

2. Adams, M. and Fraden, S. Phase behavior of mixtures of rods (Tobacco Mosaic Virus) and Spheres (Polyethylene Oxide, Bovine Serum Albumin). Biophys.J 74:669-677, 1998.

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