Journal
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 353, Issue 1, Pages 87-97Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.09.058
Keywords
DLVO interaction; Patchy surfaces; Nanoscale surface heterogeneity; Particle deposition; Micropatterned surface; Interparticle force
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- NSF [CBET-0932719, DMR-0820506]
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
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The DLVO force and potential energy of interaction between microspheres and topographically and chemically heterogeneous surfaces in aqueous solution are computed using a modification of the surface element integration approach. The heterogeneous surface has an array of cylindrical pillars of varying height, diameter, and arrangement to model different nano-topographies. In agreement with previous studies, the nano-topography decreases the size of the potential energy barrier for unfavorable surfaces because the pillars limit the minimum separation distance. The influence of topography is significant even for pillars several nanometers high and is more pronounced if the surface potential of the pillar tops differs from that of the underlying surface. A new force- and energy-averaging model is introduced as a simple method to compute the mean interaction energy or force between the particle and a heterogeneous surface, which differs significantly from a mean-field approach based on the average or nominal surface potential. Small variations in topography are found to remove large energy barriers to colloidal deposition. These results help explain the increased attraction of patchy surfaces towards particles relative to expectations based on typical DLVO calculations, which is particularly significant for surfaces with adsorbed polyelectrolytes. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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