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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 571, Issue -, Pages 232-238Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.03.038
Keywords
Colloids; Oil/water interface; Clusters; Capillary attraction
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- DGAPA-UNAM [IN 100619]
- CONACyT [CB 256599, CB-A1S-21124, FC 1450]
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Hypothesis: Colloids at fluid interfaces organize according to inter-particle interactions. The main contributions to an effective interaction potential are expected to be electrostatic dipole-dipole repulsion and capillary attraction due to fluid interface deformation. When these interactions are weak, a secondary minimum in the particle pair interaction potential is expected. Experiments: Clean bare silica particles were deposited at an oil/water interface and their organization as well as dynamics were observed under a light microscope and analyzed in terms of radial distribution function and mean squared displacement. Findings: Weak long-range competing interactions between colloids at an oil/water interface result in cluster formation. The clusters have a liquid-like structure and grow with increasing particle packing fraction. System 'ergodicity' suggests near-equilibrium assembly, which is confirmed by free particle dynamics outside the clusters. The interplay between dipole-dipole repulsion and capillary attraction responsible for the cluster formation is reflected in a secondary minimum of the effective interaction potential predicted theoretically but inaccessible experimentally from collective particle properties prior to this work. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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