Phase equilibria in stratified thin liquid films stabilized by colloidal particles

Details Phase equilibria in stratified thin liquid films stabilized by colloidal particles Phase equilibria in stratified thin liquid films stabilized by colloidal particles

2005-04-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504392v1

Europhys. Lett., 71 (2), pp. 269-275 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2004-10534-5

Phase equilibria between regions of different thickness in thin liquid films stabilized by colloidal particles are investigated using a quasi-two-dimensional thermodynamic formalism. Appropriate equilibrium conditions for the film tension, normal pressure, and chemical potential of the particles in the film are formulated, and it is shown that the relaxation of these parameters occurs consecutively on three distinct time scales. Film stratification is described quantitatively for a hard-sphere suspension using a Monte-Carlo method to evaluate thermodynamic equations of state. Coexisting phases are determined for systems in constrained- and full-equilibrium states that correspond to different stages of film relaxation.

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