Self-assembly of colloidal bands driven by a periodic external field

André S Nunes; Nuno A M Araújo; Margarida M Telo da Gama

doi:10.1063/1.4939951

Self-assembly of colloidal bands driven by a periodic external field

J Chem Phys. 2016 Jan 21;144(3):034902. doi: 10.1063/1.4939951.

Authors

André S Nunes¹, Nuno A M Araújo¹, Margarida M Telo da Gama¹

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, P-1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal and Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, P-1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.

PMID: 26801042
DOI: 10.1063/1.4939951

Abstract

We study the formation of bands of colloidal particles driven by periodic external fields. Using Brownian dynamics, we determine the dependence of the band width on the strength of the particle interactions and on the intensity and periodicity of the field. We also investigate the switching (field-on) dynamics and the relaxation times as a function of the system parameters. The observed scaling relations were analyzed using a simple dynamic density-functional theory of fluids.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't