Correlated diffusion of colloidal particles near a liquid-liquid interface

Optical microscopy and multi-particle tracking are used to investigate the cross-correlated diffusion of quasi two-dimensional colloidal particles near an oil-water interface. The behaviors of the correlated diffusion along longitudinal and transverse direction are asymmetric. It is shown that the c...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-01, Vol.9 (1), p.e85173-e85173
Main Authors: Zhang, Wei, Chen, Song, Li, Na, Zhang, Jia Zheng, Chen, Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemistry
Colloids
Colloids - chemistry
Correlation
Diffusion
Diffusion coefficient
Engineering
Fluid
Fluids
Hydrodynamics
Influence
Laboratories
Microscopy
Mud-water interfaces
Optical microscopy
Particle tracking
Particulates
Physics
Software
Spheres
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Summary:Optical microscopy and multi-particle tracking are used to investigate the cross-correlated diffusion of quasi two-dimensional colloidal particles near an oil-water interface. The behaviors of the correlated diffusion along longitudinal and transverse direction are asymmetric. It is shown that the characteristic length for longitudinal and transverse correlated diffusion are particle diameter d and the distance z from particle center to the interface, respectively, for large particle separation z. The longitudinal and transverse correlated diffusion coefficient D||(r) and D[perpendicular](r) are independent of the colloidal area fraction n when n < 0.3, which indicates that the hydrodynamic interactions(HIs) among the particles are dominated by HIs through the surrounding fluid for small n. For high area fraction n > 0.4 the power law exponent for the spatial decay of [Formula: see text] begins to decrease, which suggests the HIs are more contributed from the 2D particle monolayer self for large n.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0085173