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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Evaporation driven self-assembly of a colloidal dispersion during spray drying: volume fraction dependent
1Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India. debasis@barc.gov.in
Abstract:
Morphological transition of droplets during evaporation driven self-assembly of colloidal dispersion of alumina particles has been investigated. It was found that a sphere to doughnut-like transition of the droplet morphology takes place even when the rate of drying remains moderate and is not extremely fast. Further, it has been seen that such transition is strongly dependent on the volume fraction of the colloids in the droplets. The transition proceeds via buckling of the initial spherical droplets, which occurs when the capillary forces driving the deformation overcomes the interparticle electrostatic forces. However, the transition is hindered and the buckling probability is reduced due to the inherent spatial constraint when the colloid volume fraction is increased. Mesoscopic structures of the assembled grains have been investigated by scanning electron microscopy, small-angle neutron scattering, and dynamic light scattering techniques. Interestingly, it has been observed that the functionality of photoluminescence spectrum of the dried nanoporous grains depends somewhat on the grain morphology.
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