Eur. Phys. J. E 25, 77-81 (2008)
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10265-5

Dynamics in dense suspensions of charge-stabilized colloidal particles

A. Robert¹, J. Wagner², W. Härtl³, T. Autenrieth⁴ and G. Grübel<sup>4

1</sup>  European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, B.P. 220, F-38043, Grenoble, France
²  Saarland University, Physical Chemistry, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
³  Wallburg-Realschule, 97483, Eltmann, Germany
⁴  Hasylab/DESY, 22607, Hamburg, Germany

aymeric@slac.stanford.edu.

(Received 18 September 2007 / Published online 12 February 2008)

Abstract

The dynamic behavior of charge-stabilized colloidal particles in suspension was studied by photon correlation spectroscopy with coherent X-rays (XPCS). The short-time diffusion coefficient, D(Q) , was measured for volume concentrations ≤ 0.18 and compared to the free particle diffusion constant D₀ and the static structure factor S(Q) . The data show that indirect, hydrodynamic interactions are relevant for the system and hydrodynamic functions were derived. The results are in striking contrast to the predictions of the PA (pairwise-additive approximation) model, but show features typical for a hard-sphere system. The observed mobility is however considerably smaller than the one of a respective hard-sphere system. The hydrodynamic functions can be modelled quantitatively if one allows for an increased effective viscosity relative to the hard-sphere case.

PACS
82.70.Dd - Colloids.
05.40.Jc - Brownian motion.
61.05.C- - X-ray diffraction and scattering.

Correspondence: aymeric@slac.stanford.edu.


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