Langmuir, Vol.11, No.10, 3699-3704, 1995
Comparison Between Viscosity and Diffusion in Monodisperse and Bimodal Colloidal Suspensions
Monodisperse and bimodal electrostatically stabilized polymer latices have been investigated with respect to shear viscosity and diffusion. The zero shear viscosity of monodisperse latices could be described by a recent model by Quemada that takes into account the order-disorder transition known from hard-spheres. The high shear viscosity of bimodal latices prepared by mixing monodisperse samples could be calculated from the data of the monodisperse latices by use of a model by d’Haene and Mewis. Diffusion coefficients in concentrated colloidal suspension were obtained by means of fiber optic quasielastic light scattering. With large particles short time self-diffusion was observed, but collective diffusion and long time self-diffusion were found in the case of small colloidal particles. In bimodal latices a probe diffusion of large particles in a matrix of small spheres was observed. Long time self-diffusion and probe diffusion showed a similar concentration dependence as reciprocal shear viscosity.
Keywords:CONCENTRATED LATEX DISPERSIONS;ELASTIC LIGHT-SCATTERING;BINARY-MIXTURES;SINGLE-MODE;PARTICLES;DYNAMICS;SYSTEMS;SPHERES;FIBERS