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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Computer simulation of selective aggregation in binary colloids
F Pierce1, A Chakrabarti, D Fry
1Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
Abstract:
The morphology of clusters formed by selective aggregation of binary colloids is studied in a two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulation for a large range of number fractions (200:1, 100:1, 10:1, 2:1). We find remarkable similarity in morphology to those observed in experiments, from the formation of closed "micelles" to large branched clusters. Quantitative studies of the fractal dimension, kinetics, and cluster size distribution are also carried out and compared with diffusion-limited cluster aggregation and reaction-limited cluster aggregation models.
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