Determination of the shear modulus of colloidal solids with high accuracy
Determination of the shear modulus of colloidal solids with high accuracy
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10.1051/jp3:1994139
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1994-03
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T. Palberg;Johannes Kottal;Tobias Loga;H. Hecht;E. Simnacher;F. Falcoz;P. Leiderer
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T. Palberg;Johannes Kottal;Tobias Loga;H. Hecht;E. Simnacher;F. Falcoz;P. Leiderer
We report high accuracy and precision measurements of the shear modulus of colloidal solids formed from monodisperse charged latex spheres contained in an aqueous electrolyte. Standard preparational techniques as well as a recently reported advanced deionization method are applied to prepare transparent, bcc-crystalline samples at precisely controlled low volume fractions ~P 0.003 and salt concentration~ c, w 2 ~mol l~ ' The experimental parameters are found to be e~tremely stable if certain precautious mea~ures are taken. At constant experimental conditions samples of different morphologies are prepared via controlled solidifica- tion and further shear proces~ing. Their ,tructure, texture and morphology are analysed by various ~tatic light ~cattering methods. A new, non destructive, time resolved static light scattering technique is u~ed to detect the resonant torsional vibrations excited within a cylindrical sample. Shear moduli in dependence on the concentration of excess electrolyte are calculated from the rewnance spectra and compared for ~everal sample morphologies. For the first time a sufficiently high rewlution is achieved to clearly discriminate between the influence of the morphology of the sample and of the experimental parameters. We discuss the possible application~ of this new approach of'high accuracy shear modulus measurements in colloidal crystal~ to a wide range of interesting experiments.