Effective interaction between highly charged colloidal particles under geometrical confinement
Takamichi Terao; Tsuneyoshi Nakayama; Takamichi Terao; Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; Tsuneyoshi Nakayama; Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
2000-06-19
Аннотация:
We investigate numerically the effective force between charged colloidal particles in an aqueous solution. By Monte Carlo simulation using the primitive model of strongly asymmetric electrolytes, we show that a pair of colloidal particles under geometrical confinements develop an attraction for strong electrostatic coupling. We also confirm that such attraction vanishes for high salt content. These features explain well the recent experiments on polystyrene latex particles.
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