Structure and rheology of colloidal particle gels: Insight from computer simulation

E Dickinson - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2013 - Elsevier
A particle gel is a network of aggregated colloidal particles with soft solid-like mechanical
properties. Its structural and rheological properties, and the kinetics of its formation, are …

Diffusion-and reaction-limited cluster aggregation revisited

S Jungblut, JO Joswig, A Eychmüller - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We simulated irreversible aggregation of non-interacting particles and of particles interacting
via repulsive and attractive potentials explicitly implementing the rotational diffusion of …

The sol to gel transition in irreversible particulate systems

CM Sorensen, A Chakrabarti - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A review of the process by which irreversible aggregation of solid particles creates fractal
aggregates which eventually fill the entire system volume to form a gel, the sol to gel …

Colloidal gelation with non-sticky particles

Y Jiang, R Seto - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Colloidal gels are widely applied in industry due to their rheological character—no flow
takes place below the yield stress. Such property enables gels to maintain uniform …

Assembly of linked nanocrystal colloids by reversible covalent bonds

MN Dominguez, MP Howard, JM Maier… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The use of dynamically bonded molecules designed to reversibly link solvent-dispersed
nanocrystals (NCs) is a promising strategy to form colloidal assemblies with controlled …

Investigation of nanoparticle agglomerates properties using Monte Carlo simulations

X Deng, Z Huang, W Wang, RN Davé - Advanced Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
By accounting for realistic interparticle interaction energy of fine dry nanoparticles, an off-
lattice Monte Carlo (MC) simulation approach is used to gain insight into such properties of …

Microstructure and elasticity of dilute gels of colloidal discoids

PK Kao, MJ Solomon, M Ganesan - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The linear elasticity of dilute colloidal gels formed from discoidal latex particles is quantified
as a function of aspect ratio and modeled by confocal microscopy characterization of their …

Characterisation of protein aggregation with the Smoluchowski coagulation approach for use in biopharmaceuticals

M Zidar, D Kuzman, M Ravnik - Soft matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein aggregation is a field of increasing importance in the biopharmaceutical industry.
Aggregated particles decrease the effectiveness of the drug and are associated with other …

Clusters in colloidal dispersions with a short-range depletion attraction: Thermodynamic identification and morphology

F Soto-Bustamante, NE Valadez-Pérez, Y Liu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Particle aggregation is ubiquitous for many colloidal systems, and drives the
phase separation or the formation of materials with a highly heterogeneous large-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Yield stress behavior of colloidal gels with embedded active particles

KT Saud, M Ganesan, MJ Solomon - Journal of Rheology, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The yield stress behavior of colloidal gels with embedded active particles is studied with
three experiments: start-up of steady shear, oscillatory strain amplitude sweep, and creep …