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Polymer Mediated Depletion Attraction and Interfacial Colloidal Phase Behavior
Ist Teil von
Macromolecules, 2012-01, Vol.45 (1), p.585-594
Ort / Verlag
Washington, DC: American Chemical Society
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
We report direct measurements of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) mediated depletion attraction between colloids and surfaces using total internal reflection microscopy (TIRM) and in quasi-2D colloidal phase behavior using video microscopy (VM). PEO concentration dependent particle-wall depletion attraction is accurately quantified by a modified Asakura–Oosawa (AO) potential. The modified AO potential employs an equation of state, depletion length, and partition coefficient computed using results from renormalization group (RG) theory. Quasi-2D phase behavior measurements are in excellent agreement with Monte Carlo (MC) simulations using the same modified AO potential. The analytically simple modified AO depletion potential accurately captures depletion attraction for a realistic excluded volume polymer system, which suggests it can be generalized to other material systems.