Structure factor of charged colloidal suspensions using Brownian-dynamics simulation: Comparison of Yukawa and Sogami pair potentials |
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Authors: | B V R Tata A K Sood R Kesavamoorthy |
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Institution: | (1) Materials Science Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, 603 102 Kalpakkam, India;(2) Present address: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012 Bangalore, India |
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Abstract: | Static structure factorsS(Q) are obtained for dilute charged colloidal systems using Brownian dynamics simulation method for the widely used screened
Coulomb repulsive Yukawa potential and the recently proposed Sogami pair potential. The latter potential has, in addition
to the usual repulsive part, an attractive term which is necessary to understand the reentrant phase transition reported in
these colloids. It is shown for the first time thatS(Q) obtained using the Sogami potential for parameters favourable for liquid-like order agrees well with that measured experimentally.
Thus it appears that the Sogami potential explains features of a homogeneous liquid as well as phase separated states, whereas
Yukawa potential does not. |
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Keywords: | Computer simulation structure factor colloids |
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