Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 30, Issue 19, Pages 5412-5421Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la501006p
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- U.S. National Science Foundation [0822102, 1215726]
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1215726] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This article concerns reading the nanoscale heterogeneity thought responsible for colloid retention on surfaces in the presence of energy barriers (unfavorable attachment conditions). We back out this heterogeneity on glass surfaces by comparing mechanistic simulations incorporating discrete heterogeneity with colloid deposition experiments performed across a comprehensive set of experimental conditions. Original data is presented for attachment to soda lime glass for three colloid sizes (0.25, 1.1, and 1.95 mu m microspheres) under a variety of ionic strengths and fluid velocities in an impinging jet system. A comparison of mechanistic particle trajectory simulations incorporating discrete surface heterogeneity represented by nanoscale zones of positive charge (heterodomains) indicates that a power law size distribution of heterodomains ranging in size from 120 to 60 nm in radius was able to explain the observed retention for all conditions examined. In contrast, uniform and random placement of single-sized heterodomains failed to capture experimentally observed colloid retention across the range of conditions examined.
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