Interaction and Flow of Colloidal Spheres at an Oil-Water Interface
Interaction and Flow of Colloidal Spheres at an Oil-Water Interface
- Event time: 1:00pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 24th September 2018
- Speaker: Iain Muntz (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
In my talk I will be looking at the interaction between interfacially adsorbed colloidal particles. While these particles behave as hard spheres in the bulk phase, when adsorbed to the interface a long range interaction appears. I will go through how we measure this interaction and an explanation for its origin.
I will then move on to look at the same system of interfacially adsorbed particles under flow. We do this using a novel setup which indirectly shears the interface. This is contrary to what has been seen before when probes are attached directly to the interface in order to induce shear. I will go through some analysis of preliminary results taken and comment on the connection between the first and second parts of my talk.
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