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Self-diffusion of reversibly aggregating spheres.

Sujin Babu1, Jean Christophe Gimel, Taco Nicolai

  • 1Polymères Colloïdes Interfaces, CNRS UMR6120, Université du Maine, F-72085 Le Mans cedex 9, France.

The Journal of Chemical Physics
|August 11, 2007
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Simulations show that attractive forces slow diffusion in particle systems, but this effect is separate from crowding. Permanent gels form only at infinite attraction, not attractive glasses at finite strengths.

Area of Science:

  • * Physical Chemistry
  • * Computational Physics
  • * Materials Science

Background:

  • * Understanding particle aggregation and diffusion is crucial in colloid science.
  • * Previous models often struggled to decouple crowding effects from aggregation phenomena.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To simulate reversible diffusion-limited cluster aggregation (DLCA) of hard spheres.
  • * To quantify the self-diffusion coefficient and its dependence on attraction strength, volume fraction, and interaction range.

Main Methods:

  • * Employed computer simulations for equilibrated systems of hard spheres with rigid bonds.
  • * Varied attraction strength, volume fraction, and interaction range to observe diffusion changes.

Main Results:

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  • * Decoupled the slowing of diffusion due to crowding from that caused by cluster formation.
  • * Found diffusion coefficient is predictable from cluster size distribution.
  • * Diffusion coefficient approaches zero only at infinite attraction strength, indicating permanent gel formation.

Conclusions:

  • * Attractive glasses are not formed at finite interaction strengths in these systems.
  • * The study clarifies the distinct roles of crowding and aggregation on particle diffusion.