Simple models for two-dimensional tunable colloidal crystals in rotating ac electric fields

Details Simple models for two-dimensional tunable colloidal crystals in rotating ac electric fields Simple models for two-dimensional tunable colloidal crystals in rotating ac electric fields

2009-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/0904.2810v1

Journal of Chemical Physics 130, 154901 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

25 pages 13 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3115641

We compare the behavior of a new two-dimensional aqueous colloidal model system with a simple numerical treatment. To the first order the attractive interaction between the colloids induced by an in-plane rotating ac electric field is dipolar, while the charge stabilization leads to a shorter ranged, Yukawa-like repulsion. In the crystal-like 'rafts' formed at sufficient field strengths, we find quantitative agreement between experiment and Monte Carlo simulation, except in the case of strongly interacting systems, where the well depth of the effective potential exceeds 250 times the thermal energy. The 'lattice constant' of the crystal-like raft is located approximately at the minimum of the effective potential, resulting from the sum of the Yukawa and dipolar interactions.The experimental system has display applications, owing to the possibility of tuning the lattice spacing with the external electric field. Limitations in the applied field strength and relative range of the electrostatic interactions of the particles result in a reduction in tunable lattice spacing for small and large particles, respectively. The optimal particle size for maximizing the lattice spacing tunability was found to be around 1000 nm.

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