Dense suspensions of small strongly interacting particles are complex systems that are rarely understood on the microscopic level. We investigate properties of dense suspensions and sediments of small spherical Al2O3 particles in a shear cell by means of a combined molecular-dynamics and stochastic rotation dynamics simulation. We study structuring effects and the dependence of the suspension's...

Classical Coulomb systems at equilibrium, bounded by a plane dielectric wall, are studied. A general two-point charge correlation function is considered. Valid for any fixed position of one of the points, a new relation is found between the algebraic tail of the correlation function along the wall and the dipole moment of that function. The relation is tested first in the weak-coupling (Debye-H...

We generalize the inverse patchy colloid model that was originally developed for heterogeneously charged particles with two identical polar patches and an oppositely charged equator to a model that can have a considerably richer surface pattern. Based on a Debye-Hückel framework, we propose a coarse-grained description of the effective pair interactions that is applicable to particles with an a...

In this chapter, we review our recent theoretical work on the formation of polyelectrolyte multilayers. The first layer is obtained by polyelectrolyte adsorption on a surface with an opposite charge. The adsorbed polyelectrolyte charge is sufficient to invert the charge of the surface. Each subsequent layer is bound to the previous one by the formation of a polyelectrolyte complex. Using a Deby...

In this work, the results concerning to the mean activity coefficient measurements for NaCl in the (glycerol + water) system using the potentiometric method are reported. The potentiometric measurements were performed on the galvanic cells without liquid junction of the type: Ag|AgCl|NaCl (m), glycerol (wt%), H2O (1 - wt)%|Na-ISE, in various mixed solvent systems containing 0, 5, 10,...

An extended Debye–Hückel theory with fourth order gradient term is developed for electrolyte solutions; namely, the electric potential φ(r) of bulk solution can be described by ∇2φ(r) = κ2φ(r) + LQ2∇4φ(r), where parameters κ and LQ are chosen to reproduce first two roots dielectric response function solution. Three boundary conditions solving problem proposed based upon continuity involving fun...

Free energy of water aerosol plasma was calculated using the Debye–Hückel method. It established that free energies droplets, ions and simultaneously all charged particles had local minima (metastable states) at certain concentrations charges particles. The calculation results were confirmed by experimental data taken from literature on a droplet cluster in vapor structures fog. possible connec...

Thermal characteristics of pressure-driven, power-law fluid flows through narrow confinements are analyzed following a semi-analytical approach, by taking into consideration the electrokinetic effects beyond the Debye-Hückel limit. The influence of the induced streaming potential on the flow velocity, temperature and Nusselt number are delineated for parametric variations of the ionic Peclet nu...

New model equations are derived for dynamics of self-aggregation of finite-size particles. Differences from standard Debye-Hückel [1] and Keller-Segel [2] models are: a) the mobility μ of particles depends on the locally-averaged particle density and b) linear diffusion acts on that locally-averaged particle density. The cases both with and without diffusion are considered here. Surprisingly, t...

We investigate the properties of rigid polyelectrolyte solutions in the presence of monovalent salt. The free energy within the Debye-Hückel-Bjerrum (DHBj) theory (Fisher, M. E.; Levin, Y. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1993, 71, 3826) is constructed. It is found that at thermodynamic equilibrium the polyelectrolyte solution consists of clusters composed of one polyion and various counterions. The distributi...