Capillary-induced interactions between colloids at an interface
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Within a general framework we study the effective, deformation-induced interaction between two colloids trapped at a fluid interface. As an application, we consider the interface deformation owing to the electrostatic field of charged colloids. The effective interaction is attractive and overcomes the direct electrostatic repulsion at large separations if the system is not mechanically isolated. Otherwise, a net attraction seems possible only for large enough colloidal charges.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0509343,
title = {Capillary-induced interactions between colloids at an interface},
author = {Alvaro Dominguez and Martin Oettel and Siegfried Dietrich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0509343},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Contribution to the proceedings of the 6th Liquid Matter Conference