| Electric-field-induced capillary attraction between like-charged particles at liquid interfaces. | |
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PMID: 12447435 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Nanometre- and micrometre-sized charged particles at aqueous interfaces are typically stabilized by a repulsive Coulomb interaction. If one of the phases forming the interface is a nonpolar substance (such as air or oil) that cannot sustain a charge, the particles will exhibit long-ranged dipolar repulsion; if the interface area is confined, mutual repulsion between the particles can induce ordering and even crystallization. However, particle ordering has also been observed in the absence of area confinement, suggesting that like-charged particles at interfaces can also experience attractive interactions. Interface deformations are known to cause capillary forces that attract neighbouring particles to each other, but a satisfying explanation for the origin of such distortions remains outstanding. Here we present quantitative measurements of attractive interactions between colloidal particles at an oil-water interface and show that the attraction can be explained by capillary forces that arise from a distortion of the interface shape that is due to electrostatic stresses caused by the particles' dipolar field. This explanation, which is consistent with all reports on interfacial particle ordering so far, also suggests that the attractive interactions might be controllable: by tuning the polarity of one of the interfacial fluids, it should be possible to adjust the electrostatic stresses of the system and hence the interparticle attractions. |
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Authors:
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M G Nikolaides; A R Bausch; M F Hsu; A D Dinsmore; M P Brenner; C Gay; D A Weitz |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Nature Volume: 420 ISSN: 0028-0836 ISO Abbreviation: Nature Publication Date: 2002 Nov |
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Created Date: 2002-11-26 Completed Date: 2002-12-12 Revised Date: 2003-09-23 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0410462 Medline TA: Nature Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 299-301 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. |
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Nature. 2003 Aug 28;424(6952):1014; discussion 1014
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