Dynamic Scaling of Colloidal Gel Formation at Intermediate Concentrations

Zhang, Qingteng; Bahadur, Divya; Dufresne, Eric M.; Grybos, Pawel; Kmon, Piotr; Leheny, Robert L.; Maj, Piotr; Narayanan, Suresh; Szczygiel, Robert; Ramakrishnan, Subramanian; Sandy, Alec

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.178006

Dynamic Scaling of Colloidal Gel Formation at Intermediate Concentrations

Journal Article · Wed Oct 25 04:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.178006· OSTI ID:1425262

Zhang, Qingteng ^[1]; Bahadur, Divya ^[2]; Dufresne, Eric M. ^[1]; Grybos, Pawel ^[3]; Kmon, Piotr ^[3]; Leheny, Robert L. ^[4]; Maj, Piotr ^[3]; Narayanan, Suresh ^[1]; Szczygiel, Robert ^[3]; Ramakrishnan, Subramanian ^[2]; Sandy, Alec ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-Ray Science Division
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). College of Engineering, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
AGH Univ. of Science and Technology, Krakow (Poland)
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Here, we have examined the formation and dissolution of gels composed of intermediate volume-fraction nanoparticles with temperature-dependent short-range attractions using small-angle x-ray scatter- ing (SAXS), x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS), and rheology to obtain nanoscale and macroscale sensitivity to structure and dynamics. Gel formation after temperature quenches to the vicinity of the rheologically-determined gel temperature, T_gel, was characterized via the slow-down of dynamics and changes in microstructure observed in the intensity autocorrelation functions and structure factor, respectively, as a function of quench depth (ΔT = T_quench - T_gel), wave vector, and formation time (t_f). We find similar patterns in the slow-down of dynamics that maps the wave-vector-dependent dynamics at a particular ΔT and t_f to that at other ΔTs and t_fs via an effective scaling temperature, Ts. A single Ts applies to a broad range of ΔT and tf but does depend on the particle size. The rate of formation implied by the scaling is a far stronger function of ΔT than that of the attraction strength between colloids. Finally, we interpret this strong temperature de- pendence in terms of changes in cooperative bonding required to form stable, energetically favored, local structures.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Center for Research and Development, Poland

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1425262

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1404748

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 119; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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