Abstract
The status of work on the influence of nonadsorbing polymers on depletion dynamics in colloidal dispersions is reviewed. In the past focus has been paid to equilibrium properties of colloid-polymer mixtures. In practice the dynamical behaviour is equally important. Dynamic properties including colloid diffusion, sedimentation and suspension rheology as affected by polymer-induced depletion attraction are discussed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 66-70 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Current opinion in colloid & interface science |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2015 |
Funding
We thank professor Jan K. G. Dhont for the support on this study at the early stages and US NSF CMMI-0952646 and JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. 23340121 for research funding. RT is indebted to DSM for support.
Keywords
- Depletion interaction
- Colloidal dynamics
- Polymers
- Slip
- Diffusion
- Sedimentation
- POLYSTYRENE LATEX SPHERES
- HARD-SPHERES
- LIGHT-SCATTERING
- PHASE-SEPARATION
- EXOCELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE
- NANOPARTICLE RETARDATION
- TRANSLATIONAL DIFFUSION
- DISPERSIONS
- SUSPENSIONS
- SEMIDILUTE