Electrical colloid effects

The assumption on the electric charge effect of excess electrons on the rate constant of their interfacial transfer is supported by an evident similarity of these semiconductor colloidal systems with metal colloids, for which effect of the charge of electrons captured by the particle is well known and agrees with the microelectrode theory . Moreover, kinetic curves similar to those we found for CdS colloids were observed previously for silver colloids in ref. [17], where the particles charge q was shown to decrease by the law... 

Electrically stabihzed colloidal dispersions are very sensitive to the addition of electrolytes. If the concentration of ions in the solution increases, decreases as a result of both entropic and electrical screening effects, leading to a reduction in the repulsive potential. On the other hand, colloid particles dispersed in organic media (low dielectric constant) cannot be effectively stabilized by charges because is extremely short. In these cases, steric stabilization is recommended. Steric stabihzation is imparted by nonionic amphiphilic molecules (usually polymeric molecules). The lyophobic moiety will adsorb onto the surface of the colloidal particles, while its lyophilic moiety will be extended in the continuous phase. When two sterically stabihzed particles approach each other, the concentration of the lyophilic segments in the portion of the continuous phase between the particles is increased. This higher local concentration results in an osmotic pressure that... 

The mechanism of ultrafiltration is not simply a sieve effect, but depends also upon the electrical conditions of both the membrane and the colloid. 

A number of refinements and applications are in the literature. Corrections may be made for discreteness of charge [36] or the excluded volume of the hydrated ions [19, 37]. The effects of surface roughness on the electrical double layer have been treated by several groups [38-41] by means of perturbative expansions and numerical analysis. Several geometries have been treated, including two eccentric spheres such as found in encapsulated proteins or drugs [42], and biconcave disks with elastic membranes to model red blood cells [43]. The double-layer repulsion between two spheres has been a topic of much attention due to its importance in colloidal stability. A new numeri-... 

The well-known DLVO theory of coUoid stabiUty (10) attributes the state of flocculation to the balance between the van der Waals attractive forces and the repulsive electric double-layer forces at the Hquid—soHd interface. The potential at the double layer, called the zeta potential, is measured indirectly by electrophoretic mobiUty or streaming potential. The bridging flocculation by which polymer molecules are adsorbed on more than one particle results from charge effects, van der Waals forces, or hydrogen bonding (see Colloids). 

Greater deviations which are occasionally observed between two reference electrodes in a medium are mostly due to stray electric fields or colloid chemical dielectric polarization effects of solid constituents of the medium (e.g., sand [3]) (see Section 3.3.1). Major changes in composition (e.g., in soils) do not lead to noticeable differences of diffusion potentials with reference electrodes in concentrated salt solutions. On the other hand, with simple metal electrodes which are sometimes used as probes for potential controlled rectifiers, certain changes are to be expected through the medium. In these cases the concern is not with reference electrodes, in principle, but metals that have a rest potential which is as constant as possible in the medium concerned. This is usually more constant the more active the metal is, which is the case, for example, for zinc but not stainless steel. 

Hydrophobic colloidal particles move readily in the liqnid phase under the effect of thermal motion of the solvent molelcnles (in this case the motion is called Brownian) or under the effect of an external electric field. The surfaces of such particles as a rule are charged (for the same reasons for which the snrfaces of larger metal and insnlator particles in contact with a solution are charged). As a result, an EDL is formed and a certain valne of the zeta potential developed. 

On detailed electrical characteristics of a SET transistor utilizing charging effects on metal nanoclusters were reported by Sato et al. [26]. A self-assembled chain of colloidal gold nanoparticles was connected to metal electrodes, which were formed by electron-beam lithography. The cross-linking of the particles as well as their connection to the electrodes results from a linkage by bifunctional organic molecules, which present the tunnel barriers. 

The influence of interionic fores on ion mobilities is twofold. The electrophoretic effect (occurring also in the case of the electrophoretic motion of charged colloidal particles in an electric field, cf. p. 242) is caused by the simultaneous movement of the ion in the direction of the applied... 

A second possibility is that the Au particles scavenge electrons from the reaction electrodes, walls and solvent. This is the explanation we favor at the present time since we have been able to effect changes in electrophoretic mobilities by supplying electrical potential to the colloid solution as the particles form,( l ) and the fact that such charging has been reported before, for example with oil droplets in water.(43)... 

The application of ion exchangers to dextrose process liquors involved considerable experimental work because of a number of factors which do not enter into their application to water purification. The accumulation of fats and proteins on the resin surfaces must be guarded against by proper clarification of the liquors to be treated. Such accumulation may result from precipitation as the neutralization progresses, and may soon destroy the effective acid-removing capacity of the anion exchange resin. This difficulty can effectively be eliminated by prior precipitation of thfe refinery residue from the acid liquor by bentonite, a colloidal clay of opposite electrical charge to the colloids,21 followed by filtration. 

Although aquatic particles bear electric charge, this charge is balanced by the charges in the diffuse swarm which move about freely in solution while remaining near enough to colloid surfaces to create the effective (counter) charge gd that balances gp... 

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