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| Author |
Liu, Y.; Claes, N.; Trepka, B.; Bals, S.; Lang, P.R. |
| Title |
A combined 3D and 2D light scattering study on aqueous colloidal model systems with tunable interactions |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
Year  |
2016 |
Publication |
Soft matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
Soft Matter |
| Volume |
12 |
Issue |
12 |
Pages |
8485-8494 |
| Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
| Abstract |
In this article we report on the synthesis and characterization of a system of colloidal spheres suspended in an aqueous solvent which can be refractive index-matched, thus allowing for investigations of the particle near-wall dynamics by evanescent wave dynamic light scattering at concentrations up to the isotropic to ordered transition and beyond. The particles are synthesized by copolymerization of a fluorinated acrylic ester monomer with a polyethylene-glycol (PEG) oligomer by surfactant free emulsion polymerization. Static and dynamic light scattering experiments in combination with cryo transmission electron microscopy reveal that the particles have a core shell structure with a significant enrichment of the PEG chains on the particles surface. In index-matching DMSO/water suspensions the particles arrange in an ordered phase at volume fraction above 7%, if no additional electrolyte is present. The near-wall dynamics at low volume fraction are quantitatively described by the combination of electrostatic repulsion and hydrodynamic interaction between the particles and the wall. At volume fractions close to the isotropic to ordered transition, the near-wall dynamics are more complex and qualitatively reminiscent of the behaviour which was observed in hard sphere suspensions at high concentrations. |
| Address |
Forschugszentrum Julich, Institute of Complex Systems ICS-3, Julich, Germany. p.lang@fz-juelich.de and Heinrich-Heine Universitat, Dusseldorf, Germany |
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| Language |
English |
Wos |
000386247100004 |
Publication Date |
2016-08-22 |
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| ISSN |
1744-683X |
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Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
| Impact Factor |
3.889 |
Times cited |
2 |
Open Access |
OpenAccess |
| Notes |
The authors thank Prof. J. K. G. Dhont and the ICS-3 group for useful discussions and support. YL would like to thank the Marie Sklodowska Curie Initial Training Network SOMATAI under the EU Grant Agreement No. 316866 for financial support. BT contributed to this work during an internship at Forschungszentrum Ju¨lich supported by the International Helmholtz Research School of Biophysics and Soft Matter (IHRS BioSoft), which is gratefully acknowledged. SB and NC acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant No. 335078-COLOURATOMS).; ECAS_Sara; (ROMEO:yellow; preprint:; postprint:restricted ; pdfversion:cannot); |
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Most recent IF: 3.889 |
| Call Number |
EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:136166 |
Serial |
4292 |
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