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Andrew I Campbell1, Robert A W Dryfe, Mark D Haw
1The School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. andrew.campbell.103@strath.ac.uk
Abstract:
The mesostructure of nanoparticle stabilized interfacial films, in systems such as particle stabilized emulsions, plays a key, yet little understood, role. We have studied a system of gold nanoparticles being formed and aggregating at a planar oil/water interface using optical microscopy. A rapid "nucleation" step of meso (micron) scale aggregates was observed. Aggregation of the meso aggregates to form a percolating structure is seen to switch from a slow to a fast aggregation regime. Aggregation in the slow regime appears to be reaction limited. We tentatively attribute the fast aggregation regime to a capillary attraction.
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