Self Assembly of oppositely charged particles in dilute ceramic suspensions : predictive role of simulations

Manuella Cerbelaud (1) , Arnaud Videcoq (2) , Pierre Abelard (1) , Cécile Pagnoux (2) , Fabrice Rossignol (2) , R. Ferrando (3)

1 SPCTS - Science des Procédés Céramiques et de Traitements de Surface
2 Axe 1 : procédés céramiques
3 Dipartimeto di Fisica

Ceramics suspensions composed of oppositely charged alumina and silica particles are studied experimentally and by means of Brownian dynamics simulations. Alumina and silica particles have quite similar sizes, the former having an average diameter larger by a factor 1.6. The suspension behavior is studied as a function of composition.

Manuella Cerbelaud, Arnaud Videcoq, Pierre Abelard, Cécile Pagnoux, Fabrice Rossignol, et al.. Self Assembly of oppositely charged particles in dilute ceramic suspensions : predictive role of simulations. Soft Matter, 2010, 6, pp.370-382. ⟨10.1039/b908671d⟩. ⟨hal-00449429⟩