کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
612556 880701 2006 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Role of solvation forces in the gelation of fumed silica–alcohol suspensions
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی شیمی کلوئیدی و سطحی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Role of solvation forces in the gelation of fumed silica–alcohol suspensions
چکیده انگلیسی

Aggregation and gelation kinetics of fumed silica were investigated by altering the solvent–surface interactions. Native and surface-modified (hydrophobic) fumed silica particles were dispersed in short-chain linear alcohols. Based on the kinetics of aggregation and gelation, we show that the solvent–surface interactions have a tremendous impact on the bulk suspension properties. The gelation kinetics were qualitatively similar in all of the fumed silica–alcohol samples, and the gel times for all the alcohols were captured on a master curve requiring two parameters. The two parameters, the stability ratio and critical volume fraction, describe the two regimes of gelation. At low concentrations, gelation occurs due to aggregation of the particles diffusing over a potential barrier (15–25kT15–25kT). The rate of aggregation and time to gelation then scales with the stability ratio. At high particle loadings, gelation occurs at a critical volume fraction due to localization in a secondary minimum with a depth of 3–4kT3–4kT. These observations are supported by evidence of hydrogen bonding between the solvent and the particle, creating oscillatory solvation forces that govern the magnitude of these two parameters.

Primary and secondary minimum gelation is governed by solvent–surface interactions for fumed silica–alcohol suspensions.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science - Volume 304, Issue 2, 15 December 2006, Pages 348–358
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