Structure of colloidosomes with tunable particle density: Simulation versus experiment

Riccardo Fantoni, Johannes W. O. Salari, and Bert Klumperman

Phys. Rev. E 85, 061404 – Published 6 June 2012

Abstract

Colloidosomes are created in the laboratory from a Pickering emulsion of water droplets in oil. The colloidosomes have approximately the same diameter and by choosing (hairy) particles of different diameters it is possible to control the particle density on the droplets. The experiment is performed at room temperature. The radial distribution function of the assembly of (primary) particles on the water droplet is measured in the laboratory and in a computer experiment of a fluid model of particles with pairwise interactions on the surface of a sphere.

Received 14 February 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.061404

Authors & Affiliations

Riccardo Fantoni^1,*, Johannes W. O. Salari^2,†, and Bert Klumperman^2,3,‡

¹National Institute for Theoretical Physics and Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
²Department of Polymer Chemistry, University of Technology Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
³Stellenbosch University, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa

^*rfantoni@ts.infn.it
^†jorissalari@gmail.com
^‡bklump@sun.ac.za

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Vol. 85, Iss. 6 — June 2012

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