“…29 Other explanations have been proposed, including surface conductance effects or preferential ion adsorption, 30 while Zhao et al 31 have described, on the basis of photon correlation spectroscopy data, the surface layer on particles of the type and surface charge density used here as being, in any case, relatively flat. In our work, the decision was made to use the particles as received rather than to, for example, heat them under pressure to above the glass transition temperature of polystyrene so as to desorb or adsorb the "hairy" chains.…”