Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2010-06-22
J. Chem. Phys. 133, 084504 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
23 pages, 11 figures, 1 table
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3474805
We study the effective electrostatic interactions between a pair of charged colloidal particles without salt ions while the system is confined in two dimensions. In particular we use a simplified model to elucidate the effects of rotational fluctuations in counterion distribution. The results exhibit effective colloidal attractions under appropriate conditions. Meanwhile, long-range repulsions persist over most of our studied cases. The repulsive forces arise from the fact that in two dimensions the charged colloids cannot be perfectly screened by counterions, as the residual quadrupole moments contribute to the repulsions at longer range. And by applying multiple expansions we find that the attractive forces observed at short range are mainly contributed from electrostatic interactions among higher-order electric moments. We argue that the scenario for attractive interactions discussed in this work is applicable to systems of charged nanoparticles or colloidal solutions with macroions.
Lee Chi-Lun
Ng Sio-Kit
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