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Impact of Inverse Squeezing Flow on the Self-Assembly of Oppositely Charged Colloidal Particles under Electric Field.

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Hydrodynamic interactions (HIs) play a critical role in the self-organization of colloidal suspensions and biological solutions. However, their roles have remained elusive particularly for charged soft matter systems. Here we… Click to show full abstract

Hydrodynamic interactions (HIs) play a critical role in the self-organization of colloidal suspensions and biological solutions. However, their roles have remained elusive particularly for charged soft matter systems. Here we consider the role of HIs in the self-assembly of oppositely charged colloidal particles, which is a promising candidate for electrical tunable soft materials. We employ the fluid particle dynamics method to consider many-body HIs and the coupling between the colloid, ion, and fluid motions. We find that, under a constant electric field, oppositely charged colloidal particles form clusters and percolate into a gel network, unlike bundlelike aggregates aligned in the field direction observed by Brownian dynamics simulations neglecting HIs. We reveal that the cluster-forming tendency originates from the incompressibility-induced "inverse squeezing flow" effect that dramatically slows down the disaggregation of attached colloids. Our findings indicate that the HI selects a unique kinetic pathway to the nonequilibrium colloidal self-assembly.

Keywords: colloidal; colloidal particles; self assembly; oppositely charged; charged colloidal; self

Journal Title: Physical review letters
Year Published: 2022

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