Statistics of fluctuating colloidal fluid-fluid interfaces

V.W.A. de Villeneuve; J.M.J. van Leeuwen; W. van Saarloos; H.N.W. Lekkerkerker

Statistics of fluctuating colloidal fluid-fluid interfaces

V.W.A. de Villeneuve, J.M.J. van Leeuwen, W. van Saarloos, H.N.W. Lekkerkerker

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Abstract

Fluctuations of the interface between coexisting colloidal fluid phases have been measured with confocal microscopy. Due to a very low surface tension, the thermal motions of the interface are so slow that a record can be made of the positions of the interface. The theory of the interfacial height fluctuations is developed. For a host of correlation functions, the experimental data are compared with the theoretical expressions. The agreement between theory and experiment is remarkably good.

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Pages (from-to)	164710/1-164710/11
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume	129
Issue number	16
Publication status	Published - 2008

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