Rigidity-Induced Controlled Aggregation of Binary Colloids.

Zakiya Shireen, Tine Curk, Christian Brandl, Sujin B Babu

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Article in ACS omega, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zakiya ShireenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne, 3010 Parkville, Victoria Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2859-0511

Tine CurkDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2167-5336

Christian BrandlDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne, 3010 Parkville, Victoria Australia.

Sujin B BabuOut of Equilibrium Group, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 110016 New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-5376

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Abstract

Here, we report the proof-of-concept for controlled aggregation in a binary colloidal system. The binary systems are studied by varying bond flexibility of only one species, while the other species' bonds remain fully flexible. By establishing the underlying relation between gelation and bond rigidity, we demonstrate how the interplay among bond flexibility, critical concentration, and packing volume fraction influenced the aggregation kinetics. Our result shows that rigidity in bonds increases the critical concentration for gels to be formed in the binary mixture. Furthermore, the average number of bonded neighbor analyses reveal the influence of bond rigidity both above and below critical concentrations and show that variation in bond flexibility in only one species alters the kinetics of aggregation of both species. This finding improves our understanding of colloidal aggregation in soft and biological systems.

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PMID37841185

DOI10.1021/acsomega.3c04909

PMCPMC10568703

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