A Dissipative-Particle-Dynamics Model for Simulating Dynamics of Charged Colloid
Abstract
A mesoscopic colloid model is developed in which a spherical colloid is represented by many interacting sites on its surface. The hydrodynamic interactions with thermal fluctuations are taken accounts in full using Dissipative Particle Dynamics, and the electrostatic interactions are simulated using Particle-Particle-Particle Mesh method. This new model is applied to investigate the electrophoretic mobility of a charged colloid under an external electric field, and the influence of salt concentration and colloid charge are systematically studied. The simulation results show good agreement with predictions from the electrokinetic theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1311.1179,
title = {A Dissipative-Particle-Dynamics Model for Simulating Dynamics of Charged Colloid},
author = {Jiajia Zhou and Friederike Schmid},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.1179},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
17 pages, 8 figures, submitted to the proceedings of High Performance Computing in Science & Engineering '13