Slippery diffusion-limited aggregation

@article{citeulike:2933053, abstract = {Colloidal particles that interact through strong, short-range, secondary attractions in liquids form irreversible “slippery” bonds that are not shear-rigid. Through event-driven simulations of slippery attractive spheres, we show that space-filling fractal clusters still emerge from the process of “slippery” diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA). Although slippery and classic DLA clusters have the same fractal dimension, df=2.5, their average coordination numbers are quite different: zS=6 whereas zC=2. Local tetrahedral attractive jamming of the particles leads to a structure factor, S(q), that exhibits dense cluster peaks at higher wave numbers, q, and a fractal power-law rise toward lower q.}, author = {Seager, Clair R. and Mason, Thomas G. }, citeulike-article-id = {2933053}, keywords = {2007, diffusion, emulsion, gel, journalclub, mason, simulation}, posted-at = {2008-06-27 09:20:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Slippery diffusion-limited aggregation} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2933053 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2933053 TI - Slippery diffusion-limited aggregation N2 - Colloidal particles that interact through strong, short-range, secondary attractions in liquids form irreversible “slippery” bonds that are not shear-rigid. Through event-driven simulations of slippery attractive spheres, we show that space-filling fractal clusters still emerge from the process of “slippery” diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA). Although slippery and classic DLA clusters have the same fractal dimension, df=2.5, their average coordination numbers are quite different: zS=6 whereas zC=2. Local tetrahedral attractive jamming of the particles leads to a structure factor, S(q), that exhibits dense cluster peaks at higher wave numbers, q, and a fractal power-law rise toward lower q. KW - 2007 KW - diffusion KW - emulsion KW - gel KW - journalclub KW - mason KW - simulation AU - Seager, Clair AU - Mason, Thomas ER -