Scaling Properties in the Adsorption of Ionic Polymeric Surfactants on Generic Nanoparticles of Metallic Oxides by Mesoscopic Simulation

Autor: Estela Mayoral, Eduardo Nahmad-Achar
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics with Applications to Physics, Engineering and the Environment ISBN: 9783319001906
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00191-3_30
Popis: We study the scaling of adsorption isotherms of polyacrylic dispersants on generic surfaces of metallic oxides \(XnOm\) as a function of the number of monomeric units, using Electrostatic Dissipative Particle Dynamics simulations. The simulations show how the scaling properties in these systems emerge and how the isotherms re-scale to a universal curve, reproducing reported experimental results. The critical exponent for these systems is also obtained, in perfect agreement with the scaling theory of de Gennes. Some important applications are mentioned.
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