Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particles
Abstract Colloidal gels are widely applied in industry due to their rheological character—no flow takes place below the yield stress. Such property enables gels to maintain uniform distribution in practical formulations; otherwise, solid components may quickly sediment without the support of gel mat...
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| description | Abstract Colloidal gels are widely applied in industry due to their rheological character—no flow takes place below the yield stress. Such property enables gels to maintain uniform distribution in practical formulations; otherwise, solid components may quickly sediment without the support of gel matrix. Compared with pure gels of sticky colloids, therefore, the composites of gel and non-sticky inclusions are more commonly encountered in reality. Through numerical simulations, we investigate the gelation process in such binary composites. We find that the non-sticky particles not only confine gelation in the form of an effective volume fraction, but also introduce another lengthscale that competes with the size of growing clusters in gel. The ratio of two key lengthscales in general controls the two effects. Using different gel models, we verify such a scenario within a wide range of parameter space, suggesting a potential universality in all classes of colloidal composites. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d83359eef3814456a874f718abecef112023-05-21T11:20:10ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-05-011411810.1038/s41467-023-38461-1Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particlesYujie Jiang0Ryohei Seto1Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Biomaterials and Engineering, Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesWenzhou Key Laboratory of Biomaterials and Engineering, Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesAbstract Colloidal gels are widely applied in industry due to their rheological character—no flow takes place below the yield stress. Such property enables gels to maintain uniform distribution in practical formulations; otherwise, solid components may quickly sediment without the support of gel matrix. Compared with pure gels of sticky colloids, therefore, the composites of gel and non-sticky inclusions are more commonly encountered in reality. Through numerical simulations, we investigate the gelation process in such binary composites. We find that the non-sticky particles not only confine gelation in the form of an effective volume fraction, but also introduce another lengthscale that competes with the size of growing clusters in gel. The ratio of two key lengthscales in general controls the two effects. Using different gel models, we verify such a scenario within a wide range of parameter space, suggesting a potential universality in all classes of colloidal composites.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38461-1 |
| spellingShingle | Yujie Jiang Ryohei Seto Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particles Nature Communications |
| title | Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particles |
| title_full | Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particles |
| title_fullStr | Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particles |
| title_short | Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particles |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38461-1 |
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