Gauer Cornelius, Jia Zichen, Wu Hua, Morbidelli Massimo
Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Langmuir. 2009 Sep 1;25(17):9703-13. doi: 10.1021/la900963f.
The aggregation behavior of a soft, rubbery colloidal system with a relatively low glass transition temperature, T(g) approximately -20 degrees C, has been investigated. It is found that the average gyration and hydrodynamic radii, R(g) and R(h), measured by light scattering techniques, evolve in time in parallel, without exhibiting the crossover typical of rigid particle aggregation. Cryogenic scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM) images reveal sphere-like clusters, indicating that complete coalescence between particles occurs during aggregation. Since coalescence leads to a reduction in the total colloidal surface area, the surfactant adsorption equilibrium, and thus the colloidal stability, change in the course of aggregation. It is found that to simulate the observed kinetic behavior based on the population balance equations, it is necessary to assume that all the clusters are spherical and to account for variations in the colloidal stability of each aggregating particle pair with time. This indicates that, for the given system, the coalescence is very fast, i.e., its time scale is much smaller than that of the aggregation.
对玻璃化转变温度相对较低(T(g)约为-20℃)的软质橡胶状胶体体系的聚集行为进行了研究。结果发现,通过光散射技术测量的平均回转半径和流体动力学半径R(g)和R(h)随时间平行演化,未表现出刚性颗粒聚集典型的交叉现象。低温扫描电子显微镜(cryo-SEM)图像显示出球状聚集体,表明聚集过程中颗粒之间发生了完全聚并。由于聚并导致总胶体表面积减小,表面活性剂吸附平衡以及胶体稳定性在聚集过程中发生变化。结果发现,要基于群体平衡方程模拟观察到的动力学行为,有必要假设所有聚集体都是球形,并考虑每个聚集颗粒对的胶体稳定性随时间的变化。这表明,对于给定的体系,聚并非常快,即其时间尺度远小于聚集的时间尺度。
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