Attraction between Brownian Particles of Identical Charge in Colloid Crystals
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چکیده
A new source of attraction between similarly charged colloidal particles in ordered suspensions is considered. The attractive force is due to the correlation between the fluctuating displacements of the colloidal particles from their equilibrium positions in the colloid crystal lattice. The effective charge of a particle, the eigenfrequency and the energy of attraction are calculated on the basis of a dynamic model of the counterion atmosphere.
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