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What quantity of charge on the nanoparticle can result in a hybrid morphology of the nanofluid and a higher thermal conductivity? POWDER TECHNOL 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2023.118443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Pihlajamaa I, de Bruijn R, van der Schoot P. Geometric percolation of hard-sphere dispersions in shear flow. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:4167-4177. [PMID: 35593227 PMCID: PMC9157507 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00375a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We combine a heuristic theory of geometric percolation and the Smoluchowski theory of colloid dynamics to predict the impact of shear flow on the percolation threshold of hard spherical colloidal particles, and verify our findings by means of molecular dynamics simulations. It appears that the impact of shear flow is subtle and highly non-trivial, even in the absence of hydrodynamic interactions between the particles. The presence of shear flow can both increase and decrease the percolation threshold, depending on the criterion used for determining whether or not two particles are connected and on the Péclet number. Our approach opens up a route to quantitatively predict the percolation threshold in nanocomposite materials that, as a rule, are produced under non-equilibrium conditions, making comparison with equilibrium percolation theory tenuous. Our theory can be adapted straightforwardly for application in other types of flow field, and particles of different shape or interacting via other than hard-core potentials.
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- Ilian Pihlajamaa
- Group of Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Group of Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Group of Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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Huang H, Zhang X, Xiao X, Ye S. Influence of negative corona discharge on the Zeta potential of diesel particles. Sci Prog 2020; 103:36850420946164. [PMID: 32758018 PMCID: PMC10451043 DOI: 10.1177/0036850420946164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Electrical agglomeration as a pretreatment means can reduce the exhaust particle number concentration of diesel engine. The charge of particle is an important factor affecting the coagulation process. Therefore, an experiment was carried out to study the charging characteristic of diesel particles. Zeta potential for diesel particle was used to represent the charged state and the charge of particles could be calculated according to the value of Zeta potential. Influences of various factors on the charge of particle were investigated by changing the charged voltage, internal temperature of charging zone, and the load of engine. Experimental results show that the increase of charged voltage can improve the charge and the absolute value of diesel particles. With increase of charging zone temperature, corona inception voltage declines and the charge of particle increases. The load of engine has a positive effect on the charge of particles which reaches its peak at full load.
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- He Huang
- School of Traffic Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Industry Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Zhenjiang Campus, Army Military Transportation University of PLA, Zhenjiang, China
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- School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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Victoria-Camacho JA, DeLaCruz-Araujo RA, Kretzschmar I, Córdova-Figueroa UM. Self-assembly of magnetic colloids with radially shifted dipoles. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:2460-2472. [PMID: 32052813 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02020a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Anisotropic potentials in Janus colloids provide additional freedom to control particle aggregation into structures of different sizes and morphologies. In this work, we perform Brownian dynamics simulations of a dilute suspension of magnetic spherical Janus colloids with their magnetic dipole moments shifted radially towards the surface of the particle in order to gain valuable microstructural insight. Properties such as the mean cluster size, orientational ordering, and nucleation and growth are examined dynamically. Differences in the structure of clusters and in the aggregation process are observed depending on the dipolar shift (s)-the ratio between the displacement of the dipole and the particle radius-and the dipolar coupling constant (λ)-the ratio between the magnetic dipole-dipole and Brownian forces. Using these two dimensionless quantities, a structural "phase" diagram is constructed. Each phase corresponds to unique nucleation and growth behavior and orientational ordering of dipoles inside clusters. At small λ, the particles aggregate and disaggregate resulting in short-lived clusters at small s, while at high s the particles aggregate in permanent triplets (long-lived clusters). At high λ, the critical nuclei formed during the nucleation process are triplets and quadruplets with unique orientational ordering. These small clusters then serve as building blocks to form larger structures, such as single-chain, loop-like, island-like, worm-like, and antiparallel-double-chain clusters. This study shows that dipolar shifts in colloids can serve as a control parameter in applications where unique size, morphology, and aggregation kinetics of clusters are required.
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Santo KP, Vishnyakov A. Reversible aggregation of particles with short oligomeric sidechains at the surface studied with Langevin dynamics. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.124143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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2D stokesian simulation of particle aggregation at quiescent air/oil-water interfaces. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 553:259-268. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Vega-Bellido GI, DeLaCruz-Araujo RA, Kretzschmar I, Córdova-Figueroa UM. Self-assembly of magnetic colloids with shifted dipoles. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:4078-4086. [PMID: 30942785 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm02591f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The self-assembly of colloidal magnetic Janus particles with a laterally displaced (or shifted), permanent dipole in a quasi-two-dimensional system is studied using Brownian dynamics simulations. The rate of formation of clusters and their structures are quantified for several values of dipolar shift from the particle center, which is nondimensionalized using the particle's radius so that it takes values ranging from 0 to 1, and examined under different magnetic interaction strengths relative to Brownian motion. For dipolar shifts close to 0, chain-like structures are formed, which grow at long times following a power law, while particles of shift higher than 0.2 generally aggregate in ring-like clusters that experience limited growth. In the case of shifts between 0.4 and 0.5, the particles tend to aggregate in clusters of 3 to 6, while for all shifts higher than 0.6 clusters rarely contain more than 3 particles due to the antiparallel dipole orientations that are most stable at those shifts. The strength of the magnetic interactions hastens the rate at which clusters are formed; however, the effect it has on cluster size is lessened by increases in the shift of the dipoles. These results contribute to better understand the dynamics of magnetic Janus particles and can help the synthesis of functionalized materials for specific applications such as drug delivery.
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- Gabriel I Vega-Bellido
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR 00681, USA.
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Jung G, Hanke M, Schmid F. Generalized Langevin dynamics: construction and numerical integration of non-Markovian particle-based models. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:9368-9382. [PMID: 30427043 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm01817k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We propose a generalized Langevin dynamics (GLD) technique to construct non-Markovian particle-based coarse-grained models from fine-grained reference simulations and to efficiently integrate them. The proposed GLD model has the form of a discretized generalized Langevin equation with distance-dependent two-particle contributions to the self- and pair-memory kernels. The memory kernels are iteratively reconstructed from the dynamical correlation functions of an underlying fine-grained system. We develop a simulation algorithm for this class of non-Markovian models that scales linearly with the number of coarse-grained particles. Our GLD method is suitable for coarse-grained studies of systems with incomplete time scale separation, as is often encountered, e.g., in soft matter systems. We apply the method to a suspension of nanocolloids with frequency-dependent hydrodynamic interactions. We show that the results from GLD simulations perfectly reproduce the dynamics of the underlying fine-grained system. The effective speedup of these simulations amounts to a factor of about 104. Additionally, the transferability of the coarse-grained model with respect to changes of the nanocolloid density is investigated. The results indicate that the model is transferable to systems with nanocolloid densities that differ by up to one order of magnitude from the density of the reference system.
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- Gerhard Jung
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Nehring A, Shendruk TN, de Haan HW. Morphology of depletant-induced erythrocyte aggregates. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:8160-8171. [PMID: 30260361 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm01026a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Red blood cells suspended in quiescent plasma tend to aggregate into multicellular assemblages, including linearly stacked columnar rouleaux, which can reversibly form more complex clusters or branching networks. While these aggregates play an essential role in establishing hemorheological and pathological properties, the biophysics behind their self-assembly into dynamic mesoscopic structures remains under-explored. We employ coarse-grained molecular simulations to model low-hematocrit erythrocytes subject to short-range implicit depletion forces, and demonstrate not only that depletion interactions are sufficient to account for a sudden dispersion-aggregate transition, but also that the volume fraction of depletant macromolecules controls small aggregate morphology. We observe a sudden transition from a dispersion to a linear column rouleau, followed by a slow emergence of disorderly amorphous clusters of many short rouleaux at larger volume fractions. This work demonstrates how discocyte topology and short-range, non-specific, physical interactions are sufficient to self-assemble erythrocytes into various aggregate structures, with markedly different morphologies and biomedical consequences.
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- Austin Nehring
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Faculty of Science, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4, Canada.
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- Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Faculty of Science, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4, Canada.
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DeLaCruz-Araujo RA, Beltran-Villegas DJ, Larson RG, Córdova-Figueroa UM. Shear-Induced Alignment of Janus Particle Lamellar Structures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:1051-1060. [PMID: 29077413 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Control over the alignment of colloidal structures plays a crucial role in advanced reconfigurable materials. In this work, we study the alignment of Janus particle lamellar structures under shear flow via Brownian dynamics simulations. Lamellar alignment (orientation relative to flow direction) is measured as a function of the Péclet number (Pe)-the ratio of the viscous shear to the Brownian forces-the particle volume fraction, and the strength of the anisotropic interaction potential made dimensionless with thermal energy. Under conditions where lamellar structures are formed, three orientation regimes are observed: (1) random orientation for very small Pe, (2) parallel orientation-lamellae with their normals parallel to the direction of the velocity gradient-for intermediate values of Pe, and (3) perpendicular orientation-lamellae with their normals parallel to the vorticity direction-for large Pe. To understand the alignment mechanism, we carry out a scaling analysis of competing torques between a pair of particles in the lamellar structure. Our results suggest that the change of parallel to perpendicular orientation is independent of the particle volume fraction and is caused by the hydrodynamic and Brownian torques on the particles overcoming the torques resulting from the interparticle interactions. This initial study of shear-induced alignment on lamellar structures formed by Janus colloidal particles also opens the door for future applications where a reversible actuator for structure orientation is required.
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- Ronal A DeLaCruz-Araujo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez , Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez , Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, United States
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Solórzano S, Araújo NAM, Herrmann HJ. Thermal gas rectification using a sawtooth channel. Phys Rev E 2018; 96:032901. [PMID: 29347027 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.96.032901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We study the rectification of a two-dimensional thermal gas in a channel of asymmetric dissipative walls. For an ensemble of smooth Lennard-Jones particles, our numerical simulations reveal a nonmonotonic dependence of the flux on the thermostat temperature, channel asymmetry, and particle density, with three distinct regimes. Theoretical arguments are developed to shed light on the functional dependence of the flux on the model parameters.
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- S Solórzano
- Computational Physics for Engineering Materials, Institut f. Baustoffe (IfB), ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Street 27, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, P-1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal and Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, P-1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Computational Physics for Engineering Materials, Institut f. Baustoffe (IfB), ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Street 27, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.,Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 60451-970 Fortaleza,Ceará, Brazil
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Lotito V, Zambelli T. Approaches to self-assembly of colloidal monolayers: A guide for nanotechnologists. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 246:217-274. [PMID: 28669390 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Self-assembly of quasi-spherical colloidal particles in two-dimensional (2D) arrangements is essential for a wide range of applications from optoelectronics to surface engineering, from chemical and biological sensing to light harvesting and environmental remediation. Several self-assembly approaches have flourished throughout the years, with specific features in terms of complexity of the implementation, sensitivity to process parameters, characteristics of the final colloidal assembly. Selecting the proper method for a given application amidst the vast literature in this field can be a challenging task. In this review, we present an extensive classification and comparison of the different techniques adopted for 2D self-assembly in order to provide useful guidelines for scientists approaching this field. After an overview of the main applications of 2D colloidal assemblies, we describe the main mechanisms underlying their formation and introduce the mathematical tools commonly used to analyse their final morphology. Subsequently, we examine in detail each class of self-assembly techniques, with an explanation of the physical processes intervening in crystallization and a thorough investigation of the technical peculiarities of the different practical implementations. We point out the specific characteristics of the set-ups and apparatuses developed for self-assembly in terms of complexity, requirements, reproducibility, robustness, sensitivity to process parameters and morphology of the final colloidal pattern. Such an analysis will help the reader to individuate more easily the approach more suitable for a given application and will draw the attention towards the importance of the details of each implementation for the final results.
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Cerbelaud M, Maria Laganapan A, Ala-Nissila T, Ferrando R, Videcoq A. Shear viscosity in hard-sphere and adhesive colloidal suspensions with reverse non-equilibrium molecular dynamics. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:3909-3917. [PMID: 28488709 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm00441a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We employ the reverse non-equilibrium molecular dynamics method (RNEMD) of Müller-Plathe [Phys. Rev. E, 1999, 59, 4894] to calculate the shear viscosity of colloidal suspensions within the stochastic rotation dynamics-molecular dynamics (SRD-MD) simulation method. We examine the influence of different coupling schemes in SRD-MD on the colloidal volume fraction ϕc dependent viscosity from the dilute limit up to ϕc = 0.3. Our results demonstrate that the RNEMD method is a robust and reliable method for calculating rheological properties of colloidal suspensions. To obtain quantitatively accurate results beyond the dilute regime, the hydrodynamic interactions between the effective fluid particles in the SRD and the MD colloidal particles must be carefully considered in the coupling scheme. We benchmark the method by comparing with the hard sphere suspension case, and then calculate relative viscosities for colloids with mutually attractive interactions. We show that the viscosity displays a sharp increase at the onset of aggregation of the colloidal particles with increasing volume fraction and attraction.
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Boromand A, Jamali S, Maia JM. Structural fingerprints of yielding mechanisms in attractive colloidal gels. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:458-473. [PMID: 27910991 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00750c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Core-Modified Dissipative Particle Dynamics (CM-DPD) with a modified depletion potential and full hydrodynamics description is used to study non-equilibrium properties of colloidal gels with short range attraction potentials at an intermediate volume fraction (ϕ = 0.2) under start-up shear deformation. Full structural and rheological analysis using the stress fabric tensor complemented by bond number and bond distribution evolution under flow reveals that similarly to dilute colloidal gels, flow-induced anisotropy and strain-induced stretching of bonds are present during the first yielding transition. Unlike in low volume fraction depletion gels however, a small fraction of bond dissociation is required to facilitate bond rotation at intermediate volume fractions. The strain at which structural stretching and anisotropy in bond distribution emerge coincides with the first maximum in the shear stress (first yielding transition). At higher strains, depending on flow strength, a second peak in stress signal appears which is attributed to the compaction and melting of clusters. In this work, for the first time we provide evidence that multibody hydrodynamic interactions are essential to predict the correct dynamics of depletion gels under flow, namely two-step yielding process.
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- Arman Boromand
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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DeLaCruz-Araujo RA, Beltran-Villegas DJ, Larson RG, Córdova-Figueroa UM. Rich Janus colloid phase behavior under steady shear. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:4071-81. [PMID: 26988462 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00183a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We study the assembly of single-patch colloidal Janus particles under steady shear flow via Brownian dynamics simulations. In the absence of flow, by varying the Janus patch size and the range and strength of the anisotropic interaction potential, Janus colloids form different aggregates such as micelles, wormlike clusters, vesicles and lamellae. Under shear flow we observe rearrangement, deformation, and break-up of aggregates. At small and intermediate Péclet (Pe) numbers-the ratio between shear and Brownian forces-the competition between rearrangement, deformation, and break-up favors the growth of micelles and vesicles increasing mean cluster size, which is consistent with a previous numerical study of Janus particles under shear. This initial shear-induced growth causes micelles and vesicles to reach a maximum cluster size at Pe ≈ 1 and Pe ≈ 10, respectively. After this growth micelles dissociate continuously to reach a dilute colloidal "gas phase" at Pe ≈ 10 while vesicles dissociate into micelles with high aspect ratio at Pe ≈ 10 and finally break-up into a gas phase at Pe ≈ 30. Wormlike clusters initially break-up into micelles with high aspect ratio at Pe ≈ 0.1, and proceed to finally reach a gas phase at Pe ≈ 10. Lamellae initially break into smaller lamellae that align with the flow in the velocity-velocity-gradient plane and finally break-up into a gas phase at Pe ≈ 100. The different cluster sizes and morphologies observed as functions of interaction range, Janus patch size, interaction strength, and shear rate, open new actuation routes for reconfigurable materials and applications.
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- Ronal A DeLaCruz-Araujo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR 00681, USA.
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How colloid–colloid interactions and hydrodynamic effects influence the percolation threshold: A simulation study in alumina suspensions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 458:241-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.07.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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de Oliveira Reis G, Menut P, Bonfils F, Vaysse L, Hemar Y, Sanchez C. Acid-induced aggregation and gelation of natural rubber latex particles. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Li Y, Huo Y, Zhang Y. Two dimensional colloidal crystals formed by particle self-assembly due to hydrodynamic interaction. Colloid Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-015-3636-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jimaan Sané
- Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics , Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University , Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology , Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics , Oxford, United Kingdom
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Laganapan AMK, Videcoq A, Bienia M, Ala-Nissila T, Bochicchio D, Ferrando R. Computation of shear viscosity of colloidal suspensions by SRD-MD. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:144101. [PMID: 25877556 DOI: 10.1063/1.4917039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The behaviour of sheared colloidal suspensions with full hydrodynamic interactions (HIs) is numerically studied. To this end, we use the hybrid stochastic rotation dynamics-molecular dynamics (SRD-MD) method. The shear viscosity of colloidal suspensions is computed for different volume fractions, both for dilute and concentrated cases. We verify that HIs help in the collisions and the streaming of colloidal particles, thereby increasing the overall shear viscosity of the suspension. Our results show a good agreement with known experimental, theoretical, and numerical studies. This work demonstrates the ability of SRD-MD to successfully simulate transport coefficients that require correct modelling of HIs.
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- A M K Laganapan
- SPCTS, UMR 7315, ENSCI, CNRS, Centre Européen de la Céramique, 12 rue Atlantis, 87068 Limoges Cedex, France
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- SPCTS, UMR 7315, ENSCI, CNRS, Centre Européen de la Céramique, 12 rue Atlantis, 87068 Limoges Cedex, France
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- SPCTS, UMR 7315, ENSCI, CNRS, Centre Européen de la Céramique, 12 rue Atlantis, 87068 Limoges Cedex, France
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- COMP CoE at the Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, P.O. Box 11000, FIN-00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR-IMEM, via Dodecaneso 33, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR-IMEM, via Dodecaneso 33, Genova I-16146, Italy
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Cluster growth mechanisms in Lennard-Jones fluids: A comparison between molecular dynamics and Brownian dynamics simulations. Chem Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cerbelaud M, Lestriez B, Ferrando R, Videcoq A, Richard-Plouet M, Caldes MT, Guyomard D. Numerical and experimental study of suspensions containing carbon blacks used as conductive additives in composite electrodes for lithium batteries. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:2660-2669. [PMID: 24564804 DOI: 10.1021/la404693s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Suspensions of carbon blacks and spherical carbon particles are studied experimentally and numerically to understand the role of the particle shape on the tendency to percolation. Two commercial carbon blacks and one lab-synthesized spherical carbon are used. The percolation thresholds in suspensions are experimentally determined by two complementary methods: impedance spectroscopy and rheology. Brownian dynamics simulations are performed to explain the experimental results taking into account the fractal shape of the aggregates in the carbon blacks. The results of Brownian dynamics simulations are in good agreement with the experimental results and allow one to explain the experimental behavior of suspensions.
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- Manuella Cerbelaud
- Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (IMN), Université de Nantes, CNRS , 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP32229, 44322 Nantes cedex 3, France
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