The kinetics of slow irreversible aggregation of monodisperse polystyrene latex spheres is investigated by means of the transient electric birefringence (TEB) technique. The amplitude of the TEB signal is connected with the anisotropy of fractal clusters; the decay of the signal after the electric f
Electrical conductivity of colloidal systems during irreversible aggregation
β Scribed by F. Bordi; C. Cametti; P. Codastefano; P. Tartaglia
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 436 KB
- Volume
- 164
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4371
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β¦ Synopsis
The low-frequency electrical conductivity of dielectric colloids (polystyrene and silica) and metallic (silver) ones in aqueous solutions shows a power-law behavior in time during the salt-induced cluster-cluster aggregation. We interpret this fact using current theories of heterogeneous dielectric systems. The fractal nature of the clusters, checked by light scattering, determines the exponent of the power law.
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