Effect of hydration repulsion on nanoparticle agglomeration evaluated via a constant number Monte–Carlo simulation

Autor: Jacob Lanphere, Haoyang Haven Liu, Yoram Cohen, Sharon L. Walker
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Nanotechnology. 26:045708
ISSN: 1361-6528
0957-4484
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/4/045708
Popis: The effect of hydration repulsion on the agglomeration of nanoparticles in aqueous suspensions was investigated via the description of agglomeration by the Smoluchowski coagulation equation using constant number Monte?Carlo simulation making use of the classical DLVO theory extended to include the hydration repulsion energy. Evaluation of experimental DLS measurements for TiO2, CeO2, SiO2, and ?-Fe2O3 (hematite) at high IS (up to 900 mM) or low |?-potential| (?1.35 mV) demonstrated that hydration repulsion energy can be above electrostatic repulsion energy such that the increased overall repulsion energy can significantly lower the agglomerate diameter relative to the classical DLVO prediction. While the classical DLVO theory, which is reasonably applicable for agglomeration of NPs of high |?-potential| (?>35 mV) in suspensions of low IS (?
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