The activation energy of a reasonable order of magnitude was estimated for the coalescence of oil droplets in an O/W emulsion by formulating the balance of forces acting on a droplet that crosses over the potential barrier to coalesce with another droplet by the DLVO theory and Stokes' law. An emulsion with smaller oil droplets was shown to be more stable.

Hansen Solubility Parameters (HSP) have been shown to be an effective approach for rationalizing and predicting the stability of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) dispersions. However, interparticle electrostatic interactions, not considered in Hansen’s but taken into account DLVO theory, are expected play a significant role organic solvents having notable dielectric constant. Zeta pote...

Experimental data for the disjoining pressure of foam films stabilized by anionic surfactant in the presence of 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 2:2 electrolytes: NaCl, Na₂SO₄, Na₃Citrate, and MgSO₄ are reported. The disjoining pressure predicted by the Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory coincides with the experimental data in the case of a 1:1 electrolyte, but it is considerably greater than the...

Oxidized carbon nanohorn (CNHox) is one of nanomaterials and has attracted attention due to its unique material properties. To clarify the dispersion, aggregation, charging behaviors CNHox in aqueous solutions with different valences counter ions, K + , Ca 2+ La 3+ pH, stability ratio electrophoretic mobility were investigated by light scattering time-resolved dynamic techniques. The showed pH-...

The stabilization of antibody-latex complexes at high salt concentration is an event that cannot be explained by the widespread DLVO theory. Adsorption of antibodies on polystyrene latex usually leads to a loss in colloidal stability. However, after the expected particle aggregation induced by an increase in ionic strength, an 'anomalous' restabilization occurs when the electrolyte concentratio...

Functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are widely applied in biomedical science. To understand the interaction between SWNTs and biological systems, various studies have attempted to use coarsegrained molecular dynamics (CGMD). However, there is limited validation of the existing CG models of SWNTs. Here, we present CG models for both pristine and carboxylated SWNTs which are val...

The yield stress-DLVO force relationship is obeyed by α-Al2O3 and alumina-coated TiO2 dispersions with adsorbed polyacrylate only if the yield stress and its corresponding zeta potential data were collected in the positively charged region. In this region, the underlying surface positive charge density of the particles exceeds the negative charge density of the polyacrylate. At this state the a...

The stability of colloidal suspensions is crucial in a wide variety of processes, including the fabrication of photonic materials and scaffolds for biological assemblies. The ionic strength of the electrolyte that suspends charged colloids is widely used to control the physical properties of colloidal suspensions. The extensively used two-body Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) approach al...

To extract protein-protein interaction from experimental small-angle scattering of proteins in solutions using liquid state theory, a model potential consisting of a hard-sphere repulsive potential and the excess interaction potential has been introduced. In the present study, we propose a model-potential-free integral equation method that extracts the excess interaction potential by using the ...

The self-assembly of nanoparticles on substrates is relevant for a variety of applications such as plasmonics, sensing devices and nanometer-sized electronics. We investigate the deposition of 60 nm spherical Au nanoparticles onto silicon dioxide (SiO2) substrates by changing the chemical treatment of the substrate and by that altering the surface charge. The deposition is characterized by scan...