Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2010-04-13
The Journal of Chemical Physics 132, 134903 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3361665
The aggregation of interacting Brownian particles in sheared concentrated suspensions is an important issue in colloid and soft matter science per se. Also, it serves as a model to understand biochemical reactions occurring in vivo where both crowding and shear play an important role. We present an effective medium approach within the Smoluchowski equation with shear which allows one to calculate the encounter kinetics through a potential barrier under shear at arbitrary colloid concentrations. Experiments on a model colloidal system in simple shear flow support the validity of the model in the range considered. By generalizing Kramers' rate theory to the presence of collective hydrodynamics, our model explains the significant increase in the shear-induced reaction-limited aggregation kinetics upon increasing the colloid concentration.
Gentili Daniele
Morbidelli Massimo
Wu Hua
Zaccone Alessio
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