Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction

Colloidal gels are space-spanning networks that form solids at dilute particle volume fractions. The kinetic process of gelation is central to understand the flow of complex fluids. Here, we report a simulation study of colloidal gelation of anisotropic colloids with attractive Lennard-Jones potenti...

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Main Authors: Dang, Minh Triet, Truong, Quoc Tuan, Tran, Van Thien
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https//doi.org/ 10.25073/2588-1124/vnumap.4451
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spelling oai:112.137.131.14:VNU_123-780272020-04-08T07:05:04Z Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction Dang, Minh Triet Truong, Quoc Tuan Tran, Van Thien Gelation Anisotropic colloids Short-range attraction Colloidal gels are space-spanning networks that form solids at dilute particle volume fractions. The kinetic process of gelation is central to understand the flow of complex fluids. Here, we report a simulation study of colloidal gelation of anisotropic colloids with attractive Lennard-Jones potential. These forces quasi-model the critical Casimir effect far from the critical solvent fluctuations acting on colloidal patches. By tuning the depths of the patch-to-patch particle interactions and the selected colloidal patches, we dynamically arrest the colloids to form gels. We find that thermal density fluctuation is the key factor to activate colloidal cluster space spanning: the balance between clustering and break-up mechanism is important for the gelation process of anisotropic systems. These results open new opportunities for studying the structural modifications of colloidal gels formed by anisotropic particles, and shed light on non-equilibrium behavior of anisotropic colloidal building blocks. 2020-04-08T07:05:04Z 2020-04-08T07:05:04Z 2020 Article Dang, M. T., Truong, Q. T., & Tran, V. T. (2020). Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction. VNU Journal of Science: Mathematics – Physics, Vol. 36, No. 1 (2020) 30-37. 2588-1124 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/78027 https//doi.org/ 10.25073/2588-1124/vnumap.4451 en VNU Journal of Science: Mathematics – Physics; application/pdf H. : ĐHQGHN
institution Vietnam National University, Hanoi
building VNU Library & Information Center
country Vietnam
collection VNU Digital Repository
language English
topic Gelation
Anisotropic colloids
Short-range attraction
spellingShingle Gelation
Anisotropic colloids
Short-range attraction
Dang, Minh Triet
Truong, Quoc Tuan
Tran, Van Thien
Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction
description Colloidal gels are space-spanning networks that form solids at dilute particle volume fractions. The kinetic process of gelation is central to understand the flow of complex fluids. Here, we report a simulation study of colloidal gelation of anisotropic colloids with attractive Lennard-Jones potential. These forces quasi-model the critical Casimir effect far from the critical solvent fluctuations acting on colloidal patches. By tuning the depths of the patch-to-patch particle interactions and the selected colloidal patches, we dynamically arrest the colloids to form gels. We find that thermal density fluctuation is the key factor to activate colloidal cluster space spanning: the balance between clustering and break-up mechanism is important for the gelation process of anisotropic systems. These results open new opportunities for studying the structural modifications of colloidal gels formed by anisotropic particles, and shed light on non-equilibrium behavior of anisotropic colloidal building blocks.
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author Dang, Minh Triet
Truong, Quoc Tuan
Tran, Van Thien
author_facet Dang, Minh Triet
Truong, Quoc Tuan
Tran, Van Thien
author_sort Dang, Minh Triet
title Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction
title_short Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction
title_full Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction
title_fullStr Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction
title_full_unstemmed Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction
title_sort gelation of anisotropic colloids with short-range attraction
publisher H. : ĐHQGHN
publishDate 2020
url http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/78027
https//doi.org/ 10.25073/2588-1124/vnumap.4451
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