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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Thermophoresis of colloids by mesoscale simulations
Daniel Lüsebrink1, Mingcheng Yang, Marisol Ripoll
1Theoretical Soft-Matter and Biophysics, Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
Abstract:
The motion of a colloid induced by a temperature gradient is simulated by means of multiparticle collision dynamics, a mesoscale simulation technique. Two algorithms to quantify the thermophoretic behavior are employed and contrasted. The validity of the methods is verified as a function of the temperature gradient, system size, and algorithm parameters. The variation of the solvent-colloid interaction from attractive to purely repulsive interestingly results in the change of the colloid behavior from thermophobic to thermophilic.
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