Colloidal electroconvection in a thin horizontal cell

Details Colloidal electroconvection in a thin horizontal cell Colloidal electroconvection in a thin horizontal cell

2004-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0409235v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

12 pages, 17 figures

Scientific paper

Applying an electric field to an aqueous colloidal dispersion establishes a complex interplay of forces among the highly mobile simple ions, the more highly charged but less mobile colloidal spheres, and the surrounding water. This interplay can induce a wide variety of visually striking dynamical instabilities, even when the applied field is constant. This Article reports on the highly organized patterns that emerge when electrohydrodynamic forces compete with gravity in thin layers of charge-stabilized colloidal spheres subjected to low voltages between parallel plate electrodes. Depending on the conditions, these spheres can form into levitating clusters with morphologies ranging from tumbling clouds, to toroidal vortex rings, to writhing labyrinths.

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