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Ackroyd AJ, De Paolis A, Xu YT, Momeni A, Hamad WY, MacLachlan MJ. Self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals confined to square capillaries. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:14388-14398. [PMID: 37609826 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr02650g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Biological systems exploit restricted degrees of freedom to drive self-assembly of nano- and microarchitectures. Simplified systems, such as colloidal nanoparticles that behave as lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophases in confined geometric spaces, may be used to mimic biological structures. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are colloidally stable nanoparticles that self-assemble into chiral nematic (ChN) liquid crystalline mesophases. To date, the self-assembly of ChN mesophases of CNCs has been studied under confinement conditions within curved surfaces or under drying conditions that impose curvatures that can be exploited to control ChN ordering; however, their self-assembly has not been investigated in geometries with square cross-sections under static conditions. Here, we show that because of surface anchoring on perpendicular surfaces, the ChN CNC phase is unable to bend with the 90° angle of the square capillary under increasing confinement. Instead, the ChN phase forms radial layers in the shape of concentric squircle shells. With increasing layer distance from the capillary wall, the squircles transition into concentric cylinder shells. In larger capillaries, the radial shell layers appear as a continuous spiral pattern that engulfs fragmented ChN pseudolayers, a defect to accommodate the cylindrical confinement of the mesophase. These results are useful for understanding the fundamentals of self-assembling systems and development of new technologies.
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- Amanda J Ackroyd
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Transformation and Interfaces Group, Bioproducts Innovation Centre of Excellence, FPInnovations, 2665 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
- Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
- UBC BioProducts Institute, 2385 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Jung G, Franosch T. Computer simulations and mode-coupling theory of glass-forming confined hard-sphere fluids. Phys Rev E 2023; 107:054101. [PMID: 37328986 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.107.054101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We present mode-coupling theory (MCT) results for densely packed hard-sphere fluids confined between two parallel walls and compare them quantitatively to computer simulations. The numerical solution of MCT is calculated using the full system of matrix-valued integro-differential equations. We investigate several dynamical properties of supercooled liquids including scattering functions, frequency-dependent susceptibilities, and mean-square displacements. Close to the glass transition, we find quantitative agreement between the coherent scattering function predicted from theory and that evaluated from simulations, which enables us to make quantitative statements on caging and relaxation dynamics of the confined hard-sphere fluid.
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- Gerhard Jung
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Roberts RC, Palmer JC, Conrad JC. Long-Wavelength Fluctuations in Quasi-2D Supercooled Liquids. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:961-969. [PMID: 36656297 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We use molecular simulation to characterize the dynamics of supercooled liquids confined in quasi-2D slit geometries. Similar to bulk supercooled liquids, the confined systems exhibit subdiffusive dynamics on intermediate time scales arising from particle localization inside their neighbor cages, followed by an eventual crossover to diffusive behavior as cage rearrangement occurs. The quasi-2D confined liquids also exhibit signatures of long-wavelength fluctuations (LWFs) in the lateral directions parallel to the confining walls, reminiscent of the collective displacements observed in 2D but not 3D systems. The magnitude of the LWFs increases with the lateral dimensions of systems with the same particle volume fraction and confinement length scale, consistent with the logarithmic scaling predicted for 2D Mermin-Wagner fluctuations. The amplitude of the fluctuations is a nonmonotonic function of the confinement length scale because of a competition between caging and strengthening LWFs upon approaching the 2D limit. Our findings suggest that LWFs may play an important role in understanding the behavior of confined supercooled liquids due to their prevalence over a surprisingly broad range of particle densities and confinement length scales.
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- Ryan C Roberts
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas77204-4004, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas77204-4004, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas77204-4004, United States
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Delouche N, Dersoir B, Schofield AB, Tabuteau H. Structure and flow conditions through a colloidal packed bed formed under flow and confinement. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:8995-9007. [PMID: 36385518 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00419d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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When a colloidal suspension flows in a constriction, particles deposit and are able to clog it entirely, this fouling process being followed by the accumulation of particles. The knowledge of the dynamics of formation of such a dense particle assembly behind the clog head and its structural features is of primary importance in many industrial and environmental processes and especially during filtration. While most studies concentrate on the conditions under which pore clogging occurs, i.e., the pore narrowing up to its complete obstruction, this paper focuses on the accumulation of particles that follows pore obstruction. We determine the relative contribution of the confinement dimensions, the ionic strength and the flow conditions on the permeability and particle volume fraction of the resultant accumulation. In high confinement the irreversible deposition of particles on the channel surfaces controls the structure of the accumulation and the flow through it, irrespective of the other conditions, leading to a Darcy flow. Finally, we show that contrarily to the clog head, in which there is cohesion between particles, those in the subsequent accumulation are held together by the fluid and form a dense suspension of repulsive hard spheres.
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- N Delouche
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, The James Clerk Maxwell Building, The King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, UK
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France.
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Villada-Balbuena A, Jung G, Zuccolotto-Bernez AB, Franosch T, Egelhaaf SU. Layering and packing in confined colloidal suspensions. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:4699-4714. [PMID: 35702953 PMCID: PMC9241587 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00412g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Confinement modifies the properties of a fluid. The particle density is no longer uniform but depends on the distance from the walls; parallel to the walls, layers with different particle densities form. This affects the particle packing in the layers. We investigated colloidal fluids with volume fractions between 0.19 and 0.32 confined between rough walls. The particle-particle interactions were dominated by hard-sphere interactions but also contained some electrostatic interactions. The particle locations were determined using confocal microscopy and served to calculate the density profile, radial distribution function, anisotropic and generalized structure factors but also to characterize the arrangement of the wall particles leading to the roughness of the walls. The experiments are complemented by molecular dynamics simulations and fundamental-measure theory. While the particle arrangements are mainly controlled by hard-core interactions, electrostatic interactions become more important as the volume fraction decreases. Furthermore, the structure of the rough walls was varied and found to have a significant effect on the fluid structure. An appropriate representation of the rough walls in the simulations is thus crucial to successfully mimic the experiments.
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- Alejandro Villada-Balbuena
- Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Williams I, Oğuz EC, Löwen H, Poon WCK, Royall CP. The rheology of confined colloidal hard disks. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:184902. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0087444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Colloids may be treated as “big atoms” so that they are good models for atomic and molecular systems. Colloidal hard disks are, therefore, good models for 2d materials, and although their phase behavior is well characterized, rheology has received relatively little attention. Here, we exploit a novel, particle-resolved, experimental setup and complementary computer simulations to measure the shear rheology of quasi-hard-disk colloids in extreme confinement. In particular, we confine quasi-2d hard disks in a circular “corral” comprised of 27 particles held in optical traps. Confinement and shear suppress hexagonal ordering that would occur in the bulk and create a layered fluid. We measure the rheology of our system by balancing drag and driving forces on each layer. Given the extreme confinement, it is remarkable that our system exhibits rheological behavior very similar to unconfined 2d and 3d hard particle systems, characterized by a dynamic yield stress and shear-thinning of comparable magnitude. By quantifying particle motion perpendicular to shear, we show that particles become more tightly confined to their layers with no concomitant increase in density upon increasing the shear rate. Shear thinning is, therefore, a consequence of a reduction in dissipation due to weakening in interactions between layers as the shear rate increases. We reproduce our experiments with Brownian dynamics simulations with Hydrodynamic Interactions (HI) included at the level of the Rotne–Prager tensor. That the inclusion of HI is necessary to reproduce our experiments is evidence of their importance in transmission of momentum through the system.
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- Ian Williams
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
- H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
- Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1FD, United Kingdom
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
- The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
- Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- SUPA and School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
- Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1FD, United Kingdom
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
- Gulliver UMR CNRS 7083, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, 75005 Paris, France
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Tian J, Kob W, Barrat JL. Are strongly confined colloids good models for two dimensional liquids? J Chem Phys 2022; 156:164903. [PMID: 35490014 DOI: 10.1063/5.0086749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) colloidal hard-sphere suspensions confined in a slit geometry are widely used as two-dimensional (2D) model systems in experiments that probe the glassy relaxation dynamics of 2D systems. However, the question to what extent these quasi-2D systems indeed represent 2D systems is rarely brought up. Here, we use computer simulations that take into account hydrodynamic interactions to show that dense quasi-2D colloidal bi-disperse hard-sphere suspensions exhibit much more rapid diffusion and relaxation than their 2D counterparts at the same area fraction. This difference is induced by the additional vertical space in the quasi-2D samples in which the small colloids can move out of the 2D plane, therefore allowing overlap between particles in the projected trajectories. Surprisingly, this difference in the dynamics can be accounted for if, instead of using the surface density, one characterizes the systems by means of a suitable structural quantity related to the radial distribution function. This implies that in the two geometries, the relevant physics for glass formation is essentially identical. Our results provide not only practical implications on 2D colloidal experiments but also interesting insights into the 3D-to-2D crossover in glass-forming systems.
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- Jiting Tian
- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, 621999 Mianyang, China
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- Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C), University of Montpellier and CNRS, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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Seekell RP, Lin K, Zhu Y. Dynamics of Confined Microgel Liquids: Weakened Spatial Confinement Effect by Microgel Particle Compliance. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:5299-5305. [PMID: 33886325 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Spatial confinement has a great impact on the structures and dynamics of interfacial molecular and polymer liquid films. Most prior research has focused on confined liquids of fixed material compliance and often treated them in approximation to the "hard-sphere" interaction model. In this study, we microscopically investigate the structural dynamics of highly deformable poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) microgels confined between two solid surfaces in comparison to that of nearly nondeformable microgels of the same chemistry. We observe that the mobility and structural relaxation of highly deformable PNIPAM microgels at an apparent volume fraction, ϕ = 0.49-0.70, show little change with the reduction of gap spacing, in stark contrast to confinement-induced dynamic retardation of "hard-sphere"-like stiff PNIPAM microgels. The critical gap spacing, defined as the onset of confinement effect to deviate from the bulk behavior, is found to be approximately 17-22 particle layers for highly deformable microgels of ϕ = 0.56-0.70, much smaller than that of approximately 40 particle layers or larger for stiff microgels or model "hard-sphere" colloidal liquids of similar ϕ. Additionally, we observe no evident confinement-enhanced structural reorganization of deformable microgels near the confining surfaces when gap spacing approaches the critical gap spacing. Microgel deformation upon strong confinement is attributed to the disrupted confinement-induced ordering of confined microgels. Hence, it is clearly indicated that spatial confinement exhibits a much weaker effect on highly compliant microgel particles than stiff ones, resulting in a significantly less reduction in microgel interfacial dynamics. It therefore gives insights into the molecular design of polymeric thin films of variable compliance to control friction and lubrication.
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- Raymond P Seekell
- LiquiGlide, Inc., 75 Sidney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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Ilhan B, Schoppink JJ, Mugele F, Duits MHG. Spherical probes for simultaneous measurement of rotational and translational diffusion in 3 dimensions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 576:322-329. [PMID: 32447022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Real time visualization and tracking of colloidal particles with 3D resolution is essential for probing the local structure and dynamics in complex fluids. Although tracking translational motion of spherical particles is well-known, accessing rotational dynamics of such particles remains a great challenge. Here, we report a novel approach of using fluorescently labeled raspberry-like colloids with an optical anisotropy to concurrently track translational and rotational dynamics in 3 dimensions. The raspberry-like particles are coated by a silica layer of adjustable thickness, which allows tuning the surface roughness. The synthesis and applicability of the proposed method is demonstrated by two types of probes: rough and smoothened. The accuracies of measuring Mean Squared (Angular) Displacements are also demonstrated by using these 2 probes dispersed in 2 different solvents. The presented 3D trackable colloids offer a high potential for wide range of applications and studies, such as probing the dynamics of crystallization, phase transitions, biological interactions and the effect of surface roughness on diffusion.
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- Beybin Ilhan
- Physics of Complex Fluids Group and MESA+ Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands.
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- Physics of Complex Fluids Group and MESA+ Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Physics of Complex Fluids Group and MESA+ Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Physics of Complex Fluids Group and MESA+ Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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Jung G, Schrack L, Franosch T. Tagged-particle dynamics in confined colloidal liquids. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:032611. [PMID: 33075887 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.032611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present numerical results for the tagged-particle dynamics by solving the mode-coupling theory in confined geometry for colloidal liquids (cMCT). We show that neither the microscopic dynamics nor the type of intermediate scattering function qualitatively changes the asymptotic dynamics in vicinity of the glass transition. In particular, we find similar characteristics of confinement in the low-frequency susceptibility spectrum which we interpret as footprints of parallel relaxation. We derive predictions for the localization length and the scaling of the diffusion coefficient in the supercooled regime and discover a pronounced nonmonotonic dependence on the confinement length. For dilute liquids in the hydrodynamic limit we calculate an analytical expression for the intermediate scattering functions, which is in perfect agreement with event-driven Brownian dynamics simulations. From this, we derive an expression for persistent anticorrelations in the velocity autocorrelation function (VACF) for confined motion. Using numerical results of the cMCT equations for the VACF we also identify a crossover between different scalings corresponding to a transition from unconfined to confined behavior.
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- Gerhard Jung
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Jung G, Caraglio M, Schrack L, Franosch T. Dynamical properties of densely packed confined hard-sphere fluids. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:012612. [PMID: 32795038 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.012612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Numerical solutions of the mode-coupling theory (MCT) equations for a hard-sphere fluid confined between two parallel hard walls are elaborated. The governing equations feature multiple parallel relaxation channels which significantly complicate their numerical integration. We investigate the intermediate scattering functions and the susceptibility spectra close to structural arrest and compare to an asymptotic analysis of the MCT equations. We corroborate that the data converge in the β-scaling regime to two asymptotic power laws, viz. the critical decay and the von Schweidler law. The numerical results reveal a nonmonotonic dependence of the power-law exponents on the slab width and a nontrivial kink in the low-frequency susceptibility spectra. We also find qualitative agreement of these theoretical results to event-driven molecular dynamics simulations of polydisperse hard-sphere systems. In particular, the nontrivial dependence of the dynamical properties on the slab width is well reproduced.
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- Gerhard Jung
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Liu K, Wang Y, Du Z, Zhang C, Mi J. Anisotropic Dynamics of Binary Particles in Confined Geometries. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:531-539. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201901163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Kun Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic CompositesBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
- Changzhou Institute of Advanced MaterialsBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic CompositesBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Changzhou Institute of Advanced MaterialsBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Changzhou Institute of Advanced MaterialsBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic CompositesBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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Roberts RC, Marioni N, Palmer JC, Conrad JC. Dynamics of polydisperse hard-spheres under strong confinement. Mol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2020.1728407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Ryan C. Roberts
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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Schrack L, Franosch T. Mode-coupling theory of the glass transition for colloidal liquids in slit geometry. PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE (ABINGDON, ENGLAND) 2020; 100:1032-1057. [PMID: 32308566 PMCID: PMC7155839 DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2020.1722859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We provide a detailed derivation of the mode-coupling equations for a colloidal liquid confined by two parallel smooth walls. We introduce irreducible memory kernels for the different relaxation channels thereby extending the projection operator technique to colloidal liquids in slit geometry. Investigating both the collective dynamics as well as the tagged-particle motion, we prove that the mode-coupling functional assumes the same form as in the Newtonian case corroborating the universality of the glass-transition singularity with respect to the microscopic dynamics.
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- Lukas Schrack
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Roberts RC, Poling-Skutvik R, Conrad JC, Palmer JC. Tracer transport in attractive and repulsive supercooled liquids and glasses. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:194501. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5121851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Ryan C. Roberts
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4004, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4004, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4004, USA
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Zhang B, Cheng X. Long-wavelength fluctuations and static correlations in quasi-2D colloidal suspensions. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:4087-4097. [PMID: 31074481 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00302a] [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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Dimensionality strongly affects thermal fluctuations and critical dynamics of equilibrium systems. These influences persist in amorphous systems going through the nonequilibrium glass transition. Here, we experimentally study the glass transition of quasi-2D suspensions of spherical and ellipsoidal particles under different degrees of circular confinement. We show that the strength of the long-wavelength fluctuations increases logarithmically with system sizes and displays the signature of the Mermin-Wagner fluctuations. Moreover, using confinement as a tool, we also measure static structural correlations and extract a growing static correlation length in 2D supercooled liquids. Finally, we explore the influence of the Mermin-Wagner fluctuations on the translational and orientational relaxations of 2D ellipsoidal suspensions, which leads to a new interpretation of the two-step glass transition and the orientational glass phase of anisotropic particles. Our study reveals the importance of long-wavelength fluctuations in 2D supercooled liquids and provides new insights into the role of dimensionality in the glass transition.
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- Bo Zhang
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Nishida J, Breen JP, Wu B, Fayer MD. Extraordinary Slowing of Structural Dynamics in Thin Films of a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2018; 4:1065-1073. [PMID: 30159404 PMCID: PMC6107873 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The role that interfaces play in the dynamics of liquids is a fundamental scientific problem with vast importance in technological applications. From material science to biology, e.g., batteries to cell membranes, liquid properties at interfaces are frequently determinant in the nature of chemical processes. For most liquids, like water, the influence of an interface falls off on a ∼1 nm distance scale. Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are a vast class of unusual liquids composed of complex cations and anions that are liquid salts at room temperature. They are unusual liquids with properties that can be finely tuned by selecting the structure of the cation and anion. RTILs are being used or developed in applications such as batteries, CO2 capture, and liquids for biological processes. Here, it is demonstrated quantitatively that the influence of an interface on RTIL properties is profoundly different from that observed in other classes of liquids. The dynamics of planar thin films of the room temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (BmimNTf2), were investigated using two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D IR) with the CN stretch of SeCN- as the vibrational probe. The structural dynamics (spectral diffusion) of the thin films with controlled nanometer thicknesses were measured and compared to the dynamics of the bulk liquid. The samples were prepared by spin coating the RTIL, together with the vibrational probe, onto a surface functionalized with an ionic monolayer that mimics the structure of the BmimNTf2. Near-Brewster's angle reflection pump-probe geometry 2D IR facilitated the detection of the exceedingly small signals from the films, some of which were only 14 nm thick. Even in quarter micron (250 nm) thick films, the observed dynamics were much slower than those of the bulk liquid. Using a new theoretical description, the correlation length (exponential falloff of the influence of the interfaces) was found to be 28 ± 5 nm. This very long correlation length, ∼30 times greater than that of water, has major implications for the use of RTILs in devices and other applications.
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Leahy BD, Lin NY, Cohen I. Quantitative light microscopy of dense suspensions: Colloid science at the next decimal place. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2018.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mandal S, Lang S, Boţan V, Franosch T. Nonergodicity parameters of confined hard-sphere glasses. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:6167-6177. [PMID: 28796271 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm00905d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Within a recently developed mode-coupling theory for fluids confined to a slit we elaborate numerical results for the long-time limits of suitably generalized intermediate scattering functions. The theory requires as input the density profile perpendicular to the plates, which we obtain from density functional theory within the fundamental-measure framework, as well as symmetry-adapted static structure factors, which can be calculated relying on the inhomogeneous Percus-Yevick closure. Our calculations for the nonergodicity parameters for both the collective as well as for the self motion are in qualitative agreement with our extensive event-driven molecular dynamics simulations for the intermediate scattering functions for slightly polydisperse hard-sphere systems at high packing fraction. We show that the variation of the nonergodicity parameters as a function of the wavenumber correlates with the in-plane static structure factors, while subtle effects become apparent in the structure factors and relaxation times of higher mode indices. A criterion to predict the multiple reentrant from the variation of the in-plane static structure is presented.
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- Suvendu Mandal
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Nygård K, Buitenhuis J, Kagias M, Jefimovs K, Zontone F, Chushkin Y. Anisotropic hydrodynamic function of dense confined colloids. Phys Rev E 2017; 95:062601. [PMID: 28709299 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.062601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dense colloidal dispersions exhibit complex wave-vector-dependent diffusion, which is controlled by both direct particle interactions and indirect nonadditive hydrodynamic interactions mediated by the solvent. In bulk the hydrodynamic interactions are probed routinely, but in confined geometries their studies have been hitherto hindered by additional complications due to confining walls. Here we solve this issue by combining high-energy x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and small-angle x-ray-scattering experiments on colloid-filled microfluidic channels to yield the confined fluid's hydrodynamic function in the short-time limit. Most importantly, we find the confined fluid to exhibit a strongly anisotropic hydrodynamic function, similar to its anisotropic structure factor. This observation is important in order to guide future theoretical research.
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- Kim Nygård
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomedical Engineering, UZH and ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomedical Engineering, UZH and ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Mandal S, Franosch T. Diverging Time Scale in the Dimensional Crossover for Liquids in Strong Confinement. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:065901. [PMID: 28234501 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.065901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We study a strongly interacting dense hard-sphere system confined between two parallel plates by event-driven molecular dynamics simulations to address the fundamental question of the nature of the 3D to 2D crossover. As the fluid becomes more and more confined the dynamics of the transverse and lateral degrees of freedom decouple, which is accompanied by a diverging time scale separating 2D from 3D behavior. Relying on the time-correlation function of the transversal kinetic energy, the scaling behavior and its density dependence is explored. Surprisingly, our simulations reveal that its time dependence becomes purely exponential such that memory effects can be ignored. We rationalize our findings quantitatively in terms of an analytic theory which becomes exact in the limit of strong confinement.
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- Suvendu Mandal
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Clara-Rahola J, Puertas AM, Sánchez-Granero MA, Trinidad-Segovia JE, de Las Nieves FJ. Diffusive and Arrestedlike Dynamics in Currency Exchange Markets. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:068301. [PMID: 28234526 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.068301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This work studies the symmetry between colloidal dynamics and the dynamics of the Euro-U.S. dollar currency exchange market (EURUSD). We consider the EURUSD price in the time range between 2001 and 2015, where we find significant qualitative symmetry between fluctuation distributions from this market and the ones belonging to colloidal particles in supercooled or arrested states. In particular, we find that models used for arrested physical systems are suitable for describing the EURUSD fluctuation distributions. Whereas the corresponding mean-squared price displacement (MSPD) to the EURUSD is diffusive for all years, when focusing in selected time frames within a day, we find a two-step MSPD when the New York Stock Exchange market closes, comparable to the dynamics in supercooled systems. This is corroborated by looking at the price correlation functions and non-Gaussian parameters and can be described by the theoretical model. We discuss the origin and implications of this analogy.
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- J Clara-Rahola
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
- i2TiC Multidisciplinary Research Group, Open University of Catalonia, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Economics and Business, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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Colloids are suspensions of small solid particles in a liquid and exhibit glassy behavior when the particle concentration is high. In these samples, the particles are roughly analogous to individual molecules in a traditional glass. This model system has been used to study the glass transition since the 1980s. In this Viewpoint I summarize some of the intriguing behaviors of the glass transition in colloids and discuss open questions.
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- Eric R. Weeks
- Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Colloidal diffusion in confined geometries is analysed at the level of anisotropic pair densities.
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- Kim Nygård
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
- University of Gothenburg
- SE-41296 Gothenburg
- Sweden
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Tapia-Ignacio C, Garcia-Serrano J, Donado F. Nonvibrating granular model for a glass-forming liquid: Equilibration and aging. Phys Rev E 2016; 94:062902. [PMID: 28085297 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.94.062902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We studied experimentally a model of a glass-forming liquid on the basis of a nonvibrating magnetic granular system under an unsteady magnetic field. A sudden quenching was produced that drove the system from a liquid state to a different final state with lower temperature; the latter could be a liquid state or a solid state. We determined the mean-squared displacement in temporal windows to obtain the dynamic evolution of the system, and we determined the radial distribution function to obtain its structural characteristics. The results were analyzed using the intermediate scattering function and the effective potential between two particles. We observed that when quenching drives the system to a final state in the liquid phase far from the glass-transition temperature, equilibration occurs very quickly. When the final state has a temperature far below the glass-transition temperature, the system reaches its equilibrium state very quickly. In contrast, when the final state has an intermediate temperature but is below that corresponding to the glass transition, the system falls into a state that evolves slowly, presenting aging. The system evolves by an aging process toward more ordered states. However, after a waiting time, the dynamic behavior changes. It was observed that some particles get close enough to overpass the repulsive interactions and form small stable aggregates. In the effective potential curves, it was observed that the emergence of a second effective well due to the attraction quickly evolves and results in a deeper well than the initial effective well due to the repulsion. With the increase in time, more particles fall in the attractive well forming inhomogeneities, which produce a frustration in the aging process.
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- C Tapia-Ignacio
- Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Pachuca 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Pachuca 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Pachuca 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico
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Bollinger JA, Carmer J, Jain A, Truskett TM. Impact of solvent granularity and layering on tracer hydrodynamics in confinement. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:9561-9574. [PMID: 27841422 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm02093c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Classic hydrodynamic arguments establish that when a spherical tracer particle is suspended between parallel walls, tracer-wall coupling mediated by the solvent will cause the tracer to exhibit position-dependent diffusivity. We investigate how the diffusivity profiles of confined tracers are impacted by the diameter size-ratio of the tracer to solvent: starting from the classic limit of infinite size-ratio (i.e., continuum solvent), we consider size-ratios of four or less to examine how hydrodynamic predictions are disrupted for systems where the tracer and solvent are of similar scale. We use computer simulations and techniques based on the Fokker-Planck formalism to calculate the diffusivity profiles of hard-sphere tracer particles in hard-sphere solvents, focusing on the dynamics perpendicular to the walls. Given wall separations of several tracer diameters, we first consider confinement between hard walls, where anisotropic structuring at the solvent lengthscale generates inhomogeneity in the tracer free-energy landscape and undermines hydrodynamic predictions locally. We then introduce confining planes that we term transparent walls, which restrict tracer and solvent center-accessibilities while completely eliminating static anisotropy, and reveal position-dependent signatures in tracer diffusivity solely attributable to confinement. With or without suppressing static heterogeneity, we find that tracer diffusivity increasingly deviates on a local basis from hydrodynamic predictions at smaller size-ratios. However, hydrodynamic theory still approximately captures spatially-averaged dynamics across the pores even for very small tracer-solvent size-ratios over a wide range of solvent densities and wall separations.
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- Jonathan A Bollinger
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
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Saw S, Dasgupta C. Role of density modulation in the spatially resolved dynamics of strongly confined liquids. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:054707. [PMID: 27497572 DOI: 10.1063/1.4959942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Confinement by walls usually produces a strong modulation in the density of dense liquids near the walls. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we examine the effects of the density modulation on the spatially resolved dynamics of a liquid confined between two parallel walls, using a resolution of a fraction of the interparticle distance in the liquid. The local dynamics is quantified by the relaxation time associated with the temporal autocorrelation function of the local density. We find that this local relaxation time varies in phase with the density modulation. The amplitude of the spatial modulation of the relaxation time can be quite large, depending on the characteristics of the wall and thermodynamic parameters of the liquid. To disentangle the effects of confinement and density modulation on the spatially resolved dynamics, we compare the dynamics of a confined liquid with that of an unconfined one in which a similar density modulation is induced by an external potential. We find several differences indicating that density modulation alone cannot account for all the features seen in the spatially resolved dynamics of confined liquids. We also examine how the dynamics near a wall depends on the separation between the two walls and show that the features seen in our simulations persist in the limit of large wall separation.
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- Shibu Saw
- Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Schilling R. Strongly confined fluids: Diverging time scales and slowing down of equilibration. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:062102. [PMID: 27415203 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.062102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Newtonian dynamics of strongly confined fluids exhibits a rich behavior. Its confined and unconfined degrees of freedom decouple for confinement length L→0. In that case and for a slit geometry the intermediate scattering functions S_{μν}(q,t) simplify, resulting for (μ,ν)≠(0,0) in a Knudsen-gas-like behavior of the confined degrees of freedom, and otherwise in S_{∥}(q,t), describing the structural relaxation of the unconfined ones. Taking the coupling into account we prove that the energy fluctuations relax exponentially. For smooth potentials the relaxation times diverge as L^{-3} and L^{-4}, respectively, for the confined and unconfined degrees of freedom. The strength of the L^{-3} divergence can be calculated analytically. It depends on the pair potential and the two-dimensional pair distribution function. Experimental setups are suggested to test these predictions.
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- Rolf Schilling
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudinger Weg 9, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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Nygård K, Buitenhuis J, Kagias M, Jefimovs K, Zontone F, Chushkin Y. Anisotropic de Gennes Narrowing in Confined Fluids. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:167801. [PMID: 27152823 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.167801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The collective diffusion of dense fluids in spatial confinement is studied by combining high-energy (21 keV) x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and small-angle x-ray scattering from colloid-filled microfluidic channels. We find the structural relaxation in confinement to be slower compared to the bulk. The collective dynamics is wave vector dependent, akin to the de Gennes narrowing typically observed in bulk fluids. However, in stark contrast to the bulk, the structure factor and de Gennes narrowing in confinement are anisotropic. These experimental observations are essential in order to develop a microscopic theoretical description of collective diffusion of dense fluids in confined geometries.
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- Kim Nygård
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, UZH/ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, UZH/ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Varnik F, Franosch T. Non-monotonic effect of confinement on the glass transition. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2016; 28:133001. [PMID: 26940539 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/13/133001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The relaxation dynamics of glass forming liquids and their structure are influenced in the vicinity of confining walls. This effect has mostly been observed to be a monotonic function of the slit width. Recently, a qualitatively new behaviour has been uncovered by Mittal and coworkers, who reported that the single particle dynamics in a hard-sphere fluid confined in a planar slit varies in a non-monotonic way as the slit width is decreased from five to roughly two particle diametres (Mittal et al 2008 Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 145901). In view of the great potential of this effect for applications in those fields of science and industry, where liquids occur under strong confinement (e.g. nano-technology), the number of researchers studying various aspects and consequences of this non-monotonic behaviour has been rapidly growing. This review aims at providing an overview of the research activity in this newly emerging field. We first briefly discuss how competing mechanisms such as packing effects and short-range attraction may lead to a non-monotonic glass transition scenario in the bulk. We then analyse confinement effects on the dynamics of fluids using a thermodynamic route which relates the single particle dynamics to the excess entropy. Moreover, relating the diffusive dynamics to the Widom's insertion probability, the oscillations of the local dynamics with density at moderate densities are fairly well described. At high densities belonging to the supercooled regime, however, this approach breaks down signaling the onset of strongly collective effects. Indeed, confinement introduces a new length scale which in the limit of high densities and small pore sizes competes with the short-range local order of the fluid. This gives rise to a non-monotonic dependence of the packing structure on confinement, with a corresponding effect on the dynamics of structural relaxation. This non-monotonic effect occurs also in the case of a cone-plate type channel, where the degree of confinement varies with distance from the apex. This is a very promising issue for future research with the possibility of uncovering the existence of alternating glassy and liquid-like domains.
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- Fathollah Varnik
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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Zhang B, Cheng X. Structures and Dynamics of Glass-Forming Colloidal Liquids under Spherical Confinement. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:098302. [PMID: 26991205 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.098302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Recent theories predict that when a supercooled liquid approaches the glass transition, particle clusters with a special "amorphous order" nucleate within the liquid, which lead to static correlations dictating the dramatic slowdown of liquid relaxation. The prediction, however, has yet to be verified in 3D experiments. Here, we design a colloidal system, where particles are confined inside spherical cavities with an amorphous layer of particles pinned at the boundary. Using this novel system, we capture the amorphous-order particle clusters and demonstrate the development of a static correlation. Moreover, by investigating the dynamics of spherically confined samples, we reveal a profound influence of the static correlation on the relaxation of colloidal liquids. In analogy to glass-forming liquids with randomly pinned particles, we propose a simple relation for the change of the configurational entropy of confined colloidal liquids, which quantitatively explains our experimental findings and illustrates a divergent static length scale during the colloidal glass transition.
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- Bo Zhang
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Ghosh S, Wijnperlé D, Mugele F, Duits MHG. Dynamics of colloids confined in microcylinders. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:1621-1630. [PMID: 26670697 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm02581h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We studied both global and local effects of cylindrical confinement on the diffusive behavior of hard sphere (HS) colloids. Using confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) and particle tracking, we measured the mean squared displacement (MSD) of 1 micron sized silica particles in water-glycerol. This combination of fluid and setup allowed us to measure MSDs in a 4-dimensional parameter space, defined by the HS volume fraction (Φ: 0.05-0.39), cylinder radius (R: 2.5-20 micron), distance to the wall (z) and lagtime (τ: 0.03-60 s). MSDs for the entire cylinder confirm earlier findings that both narrowing the cylinder and populating it cause a slower dynamics. Additionally a decrease in R was found to cause a stronger ordering of the fluid. The effect of confinement on dynamics was further examined as a function of (z) location. For the largest cylinder (with minor curvature), we found that the strong decrease in MSD near the wall, becomes much less pronounced for higher Φ. Analyzing the radial (r) and azimuthal (θ) components, we found pronounced differences in the z-dependence that were 'hidden' in the total MSD. Near the wall, the r-MSD shows a much steeper z-dependence while at larger z, it shows a remarkable anti-correlation with the (peaked) density n(z). Also the dependence of the r-MSD on lagtime correlates with n(z): diffusive in between layers, but subdiffusive inside layers. These observations bring earlier findings together, while also shedding new light on the diffusive dynamics of concentrated colloids in narrow capillaries.
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- S Ghosh
- Physics of Complex Fluids Group, Department of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Duits MHG, Ghosh S, Mugele F. Measuring advection and diffusion of colloids in shear flow. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:5689-5700. [PMID: 25965857 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An analysis of the dynamics of colloids in shear flow can be challenging because of the superposition of diffusion and advection. We present a method that separates the two motions, starting from the time-dependent particle coordinates. The restriction of the tracking to flow lanes and the subtraction of estimated advective displacements are combined in an iterative scheme that eventually makes the spatial segmentation redundant. Tracking errors due to the neglect of lateral diffusion are avoided, while drifts parallel and perpendicular to the flow are eliminated. After explaining the principles of our method, we validate it against both computer simulations and experiments. A critical overall test is provided by the mean square displacement function at high Peclet numbers (up to 50). We demonstrate via simulations how the measurement accuracy depends on diffusion coefficients and flow rates, expressed in units of camera pixels and frames. Also, sample-specific issues are addressed: inaccuracies in the velocity profile for dilute suspensions (volume fraction ≤0.03) and tracking errors for concentrated ones (VF ≥ 0.3). An analysis of experiments with colloidal spheres flowing through microchannels corroborates these findings and indicates perspectives for studies on transport, mixing, or rheology in microfluidic environments.
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- M H G Duits
- Physics of Complex Fluids Group, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Complex Fluids Group, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Complex Fluids Group, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Ghosh S, Mugele F, Duits MHG. Effects of shear and walls on the diffusion of colloids in microchannels. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 91:052305. [PMID: 26066175 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.052305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Colloidal suspensions flowing through microchannels were studied for the effects of both the shear flow and the proximity of walls on the particles' self-diffusion. Use of hydrostatic pressure to pump micron-sized silica spheres dispersed in water-glycerol mixture through poly(dimethylsiloxane) channels with a cross section of 30×24μm(2), allowed variation in the local Peclet number (Pe) from 0.01 to 50. To obtain the diffusion coefficients, image-time series from a confocal scanning laser microscope were analyzed with a method that, after finding particle trajectories, subtracts the instantaneous advective displacements and subsequently measures the slopes of the mean squared displacement in the flow (x) and shear (y) directions. For dilute suspensions, the thus obtained diffusion coefficients (D(x) and D(y)) are close to the free diffusion coefficient at all shear rates. In concentrated suspensions, a clear increase with the Peclet number (for Pe > 10) is found, that is stronger for D(x) than for D(y). This effect of shear-induced collisions is counteracted by the contribution of walls, which cause a strong local reduction in D(x) and D(y).
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- S Ghosh
- Physics of Complex Fluids Group, Department of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, P. O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Complex Fluids Group, Department of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, P. O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Complex Fluids Group, Department of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, P. O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Bollinger JA, Jain A, Carmer J, Truskett TM. Communication: Local structure-mobility relationships of confined fluids reverse upon supercooling. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:161102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4919688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Jonathan A. Bollinger
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Williams I, Oğuz EC, Bartlett P, Löwen H, Royall CP. Flexible confinement leads to multiple relaxation regimes in glassy colloidal liquids. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:024505. [PMID: 25591370 DOI: 10.1063/1.4905472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Understanding relaxation of supercooled fluids is a major challenge and confining such systems can lead to bewildering behaviour. Here, we exploit an optically confined colloidal model system in which we use reduced pressure as a control parameter. The dynamics of the system are "Arrhenius" at low and moderate pressure, but at higher pressures relaxation is faster than expected. We associate this faster relaxation with a decrease in density adjacent to the confining boundary due to local ordering in the system enabled by the flexible wall.
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- Ian Williams
- H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Ave., Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Ave., Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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Campos LQC, Apolinario SWS. Structural orderings of anisotropically confined colloids interacting via a quasi-square-well potential. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 91:012305. [PMID: 25679621 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.012305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We implement Brownian dynamics to investigate the static properties of colloidal particles confined anisotropically and interacting via a potential which can be tailored in a repulsive-attractive-respulsive fashion as the interparticle distance increases. A diverse number of structural phases are self-assembled, which were classified according to two aspects, that is, their macroscopic and microscopic patterns. Concerning the microscopic phases we found the quasicrystalline, triangular, square, and mixed orderings, where this latter is a combination of square and triangular cells in a 3×2 proportion, i.e., the so-called (3(3),4(2)) Archimedian lattice. On the macroscopic level the system could self-organize in a compact or perforated single cluster surrounded or not by fringes. All the structural phases are summarized in detailed phases diagrams, which clearly show that the different phases are extended as the confinement potential becomes more anisotropic.
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- L Q Costa Campos
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Keramati MR, Wasnik V, Ping L, Das D, Emberly E. Confinement-dependent localization of diffusing aggregates in cellular geometries. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 91:012705. [PMID: 25679641 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.012705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Confinement has a strong influence on diffusing nano-sized clusters. In particular, biomolecular aggregates within the shell-like confining space of a bacterial cell have been shown to display a variety of localization patterns, from being midcell to the poles. How does the confining space determine where the aggregate will localize? Here, using Monte Carlo simulations we have calculated the equilibrium spatial distribution of fixed-sized clusters diffusing in spherocylindrical shells. We find that localization to the poles depends strongly on shell thickness and the size of the cluster. Compared to being at midcell, polar clusters can be more bent and hence have higher energy, but they also can have a greater number of defects and hence have more entropy. Under certain conditions this can lead to polar clusters having a lower free energy than at midcell, favoring localization to the poles. Our findings suggest possible localization selection mechanisms within shell-like geometries that can arise purely from cluster confinement.
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- Mahdi Rezaei Keramati
- Physics Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada and Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Physics Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Rowland Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
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- Physics Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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Lang S, Schilling R, Franosch T. Glassy dynamics in confinement: planar and bulk limits of the mode-coupling theory. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2014; 90:062126. [PMID: 25615063 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.90.062126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We demonstrate how the matrix-valued mode-coupling theory of the glass transition and glassy dynamics in planar confinement converges to the corresponding theory for two-dimensional (2D) planar and the three-dimensional bulk liquid, provided the wall potential satisfies certain conditions. Since the mode-coupling theory relies on the static properties as input, the emergence of a homogeneous limit for the matrix-valued intermediate scattering functions is directly connected to the convergence of the corresponding static quantities to their conventional counterparts. We show that the 2D limit is more subtle than the bulk limit, in particular, the in-planar dynamics decouples from the motion perpendicular to the walls. We investigate the frozen-in parts of the intermediate scattering function in the glass state and find that the limits time t→∞ and effective wall separation L→0 do not commute due to the mutual coupling of the residual transversal and lateral force kernels.
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- Simon Lang
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/2, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/2, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Pye JE, Roth CB. Above, below, and in-between the two glass transitions of ultrathin free-standing polystyrene films: Thermal expansion coefficient and physical aging. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.23635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Justin E. Pye
- Department of Physics; Emory University; Atlanta Georgia 30322
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- Department of Physics; Emory University; Atlanta Georgia 30322
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Mandal S, Lang S, Gross M, Oettel M, Raabe D, Franosch T, Varnik F. Multiple reentrant glass transitions in confined hard-sphere glasses. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4435. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ingebrigtsen TS, Dyre JC. The impact range for smooth wall-liquid interactions in nanoconfined liquids. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:4324-31. [PMID: 24791276 DOI: 10.1039/c3sm52441h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Bulk and nanoconfined liquids have very different physics; for instance, nanoconfined liquids show stratification and position-dependent relaxation processes. A number of similarities between bulk and nanoconfined liquids have nevertheless been reported in computer simulations during the last decade. Inspired by these observations, we present results from molecular dynamics computer simulations of four nanoconfined liquids (the single-component Lennard-Jones liquid, the Kob-Andersen binary Lennard-Jones mixture, an asymmetric dumbbell model, and the Dzugutov liquid) demonstrating also a microscopic similarity between bulk and nanoconfined liquids. The results show that the interaction range for the wall-liquid and liquid-liquid interactions of the nanoconfined liquid is identical to that of the bulk liquid if the liquid is "Roskilde simple" in bulk as well as nanoconfinement, i.e., exhibits strong correlations between virial and potential-energy equilibrium fluctuations in the NVT ensemble. Under this condition, interactions beyond the first coordination shell may be ignored, in particular for the wall-liquid interactions. This is shown not to be the case for non-Roskilde-simple liquids.
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- Trond S Ingebrigtsen
- DNRF Centre "Glass and Time", IMFUFA, Department of Sciences, Roskilde University, Postbox 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Lang S, Franosch T. Tagged-particle motion in a dense confined liquid. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2014; 89:062122. [PMID: 25019740 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.062122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We investigate the dynamics of a tagged particle embedded in a strongly interacting confined liquid enclosed between two opposing flat walls. Using the Zwanzig-Mori projection operator formalism we obtain an equation of motion for the incoherent scattering function suitably generalized to account for the lack of translational symmetry. We close the equations of motion by a self-consistent mode-coupling ansatz. The interaction of the tracer with the surrounding liquid is encoded in generalized direct correlation functions. We extract the in-plane dynamics and provide a microscopic expression for the diffusion coefficient parallel to the walls. The solute particle may differ in size or interaction from the surrounding host-liquid constituents offering the possibility of a systematic analysis of dynamic effects on the tagged-particle motion in confinement.
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- Simon Lang
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/2, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria and and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/2, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria and and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Direct measurement of osmotic pressure via adaptive confinement of quasi hard disc colloids. Nat Commun 2014; 4:2555. [PMID: 24084759 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Confining a system in a small volume profoundly alters its behaviour. Hitherto, attention has focused on static confinement where the confining wall is fixed such as in porous media. However, adaptive confinement where the wall responds to the interior has clear relevance in biological systems. Here we investigate this phenomenon with a colloidal system of quasi hard discs confined by a ring of particles trapped in holographic optical tweezers, which form a flexible elastic wall. This elasticity leads to quasi-isobaric conditions within the confined region. By measuring the displacement of the tweezed particles, we obtain the radial osmotic pressure. We further find a novel bistable state of a hexagonal structure and concentrically layered fluid mimicking the shape of the confinement. The hexagonal configurations are found at lower pressure than those of the fluid, thus the bistability is driven by the higher entropy of disordered arrangements, unlike bulk hard systems.
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Williams I, Oğuz EC, Jack RL, Bartlett P, Löwen H, Royall CP. The effect of boundary adaptivity on hexagonal ordering and bistability in circularly confined quasi hard discs. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:104907. [PMID: 24628205 DOI: 10.1063/1.4867785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The behaviour of materials under spatial confinement is sensitively dependent on the nature of the confining boundaries. In two dimensions, confinement within a hard circular boundary inhibits the hexagonal ordering observed in bulk systems at high density. Using colloidal experiments and Monte Carlo simulations, we investigate two model systems of quasi hard discs under circularly symmetric confinement. The first system employs an adaptive circular boundary, defined experimentally using holographic optical tweezers. We show that deformation of this boundary allows, and indeed is required for, hexagonal ordering in the confined system. The second system employs a circularly symmetric optical potential to confine particles without a physical boundary. We show that, in the absence of a curved wall, near perfect hexagonal ordering is possible. We propose that the degree to which hexagonal ordering is suppressed by a curved boundary is determined by the "strictness" of that wall.
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- Ian Williams
- H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Ave., Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Ave., Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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Lang S, Franosch T, Schilling R. Structural quantities of quasi-two-dimensional fluids. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:104506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4867284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ingebrigtsen TS, Errington JR, Truskett TM, Dyre JC. Predicting how nanoconfinement changes the relaxation time of a supercooled liquid. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:235901. [PMID: 24476293 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.235901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The properties of nanoconfined fluids can be strikingly different from those of bulk liquids. A basic unanswered question is whether the equilibrium and dynamic consequences of confinement are related to each other in a simple way. We study this question by simulation of a liquid comprising asymmetric dumbbell-shaped molecules, which can be deeply supercooled without crystallizing. We find that the dimensionless structural relaxation times-spanning six decades as a function of temperature, density, and degree of confinement-collapse when plotted versus excess entropy. The data also collapse when plotted versus excess isochoric heat capacity, a behavior consistent with the existence of isomorphs in the bulk and confined states.
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- Trond S Ingebrigtsen
- DNRF Centre "Glass and Time," IMFUFA, Department of Sciences, Roskilde University, Postbox 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- DNRF Centre "Glass and Time," IMFUFA, Department of Sciences, Roskilde University, Postbox 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Nygård K, Sarman S, Kjellander R. Local order variations in confined hard-sphere fluids. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:164701. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4825176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Michailidou VN, Swan JW, Brady JF, Petekidis G. Anisotropic diffusion of concentrated hard-sphere colloids near a hard wall studied by evanescent wave dynamic light scattering. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:164905. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4825261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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