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SOFT MATTER
Volume 7, Issue 17, Pages 7676-7682Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1sm00005e
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) [CBET-0553656]
- NASA [NNX10AE44G]
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The effects of salts and surfactants on the interaction force between colloidal polystyrene latex particles confined to a decane-water interface are measured directly using optical tweezers. After adding 0.25 M NaCl, 0.25 M NaCl and 0.1 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to the aqueous sub-phase, or 25 mu M sorbitan monooleate (SPAN 80) to the decane super-phase, the strong repulsive force between particles is reduced and an attractive force becomes significant. The magnitude and dependence of the attraction on particle separation is consistent with a capillary quadrupole interaction. Similar interaction forces between polystyrene latex doublet particles at a pristine interface are measured, however, the anisotropic particles exhibit only a long-range attraction that is approximately two orders of magnitude stronger than spherical colloids. These results confirm the presence of long-range capillary attractions and provide a guide for manipulating colloidal interactions with additives or particle shape at fluid interfaces to control suspension structure and surface rheology.
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