Rescaled Mode-Coupling Scheme for the Quantitative Description of Experimentally Observed Colloid Dynamics

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author Maier, Joel Diaz
Wagner, Joachim
author_facet Maier, Joel Diaz
Wagner, Joachim
contents We describe experimentally observed collective dynamics in colloidal suspensions of model hard-sphere particles using a modified mode coupling theory (MCT). This rescaled MCT is capable to describe quantitatively the wave-vector and time-dependent diffusion in these systems. Intermediate scattering functions of liquid-like structured dispersions are determined by means of static and dynamic light scattering experiments. The structure and short-time dynamics of the systems can be described quantitatively employing a multi-component Percus-Yevick ansatz for the partial structure factors and an effective, one-component description of hydrodynamic interactions based on the semi-analytical $δγ$-expansion. Combined with a recently proposed empirical modification of MCT in which memory functions are calculated using effective structure factors at rescaled number densities, the scheme is able to model the collective dynamics over the entire accessible time and wave-vector range and predicts the volume-fraction-dependence of long-time self-diffusion coefficients and the zero-shear viscosity quantitatively. This highlights the potential of MCT as a practical tool for the quantitative analysis and prediction of experimental observations.
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spellingShingle Rescaled Mode-Coupling Scheme for the Quantitative Description of Experimentally Observed Colloid Dynamics
Maier, Joel Diaz
Wagner, Joachim
Soft Condensed Matter
We describe experimentally observed collective dynamics in colloidal suspensions of model hard-sphere particles using a modified mode coupling theory (MCT). This rescaled MCT is capable to describe quantitatively the wave-vector and time-dependent diffusion in these systems. Intermediate scattering functions of liquid-like structured dispersions are determined by means of static and dynamic light scattering experiments. The structure and short-time dynamics of the systems can be described quantitatively employing a multi-component Percus-Yevick ansatz for the partial structure factors and an effective, one-component description of hydrodynamic interactions based on the semi-analytical $δγ$-expansion. Combined with a recently proposed empirical modification of MCT in which memory functions are calculated using effective structure factors at rescaled number densities, the scheme is able to model the collective dynamics over the entire accessible time and wave-vector range and predicts the volume-fraction-dependence of long-time self-diffusion coefficients and the zero-shear viscosity quantitatively. This highlights the potential of MCT as a practical tool for the quantitative analysis and prediction of experimental observations.
title Rescaled Mode-Coupling Scheme for the Quantitative Description of Experimentally Observed Colloid Dynamics
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04556