A self-consistent renormalized jellium approach for calculating structural and thermodynamic properties of charge stabilized colloidal suspensions

An approach is proposed which allows to self-consistently calculate the structural and the thermodynamic properties of highly charged aqueous colloidal suspensions. The method is based on the renormalized jellium model with the background charge distribution related to the colloid-colloid correlatio...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 2009-08, Vol.131 (7), p.074115-074115
Main Authors: Colla, Thiago E, Levin, Yan, Trizac, Emmanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Condensed Matter
Electrolytes - chemistry
Models, Chemical
Monte Carlo Method
Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Suspensions - chemistry
Thermodynamics
Water - chemistry
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Summary:An approach is proposed which allows to self-consistently calculate the structural and the thermodynamic properties of highly charged aqueous colloidal suspensions. The method is based on the renormalized jellium model with the background charge distribution related to the colloid-colloid correlation function. The theory is used to calculate the correlation functions and the effective colloidal charges for suspensions containing additional monovalent electrolyte. The predictions of the theory are in excellent agreement with Monte Carlo simulations.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.3211305