Long-wavelength transverse modes in charged colloidal crystals

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Dec 31;93(26 Pt 1):268303. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.268303. Epub 2004 Dec 29.

Abstract

The dynamics of closely index matched colloidal crystals of charged silica spheres dispersed in deionized ethylene glycol-water mixture is investigated using dynamic light scattering. At variance with the reports of phonon dispersion measurements on thin colloidal crystals, our observations on millimeter-sized crystals show unambiguous evidence for overdamped transverse modes turning propagative in the range of small wave numbers in agreement with the theory of hydrodynamic interactions in charged colloidal crystals.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Colloids / analysis
  • Colloids / chemistry*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Crystallization / methods*
  • Ethylene Glycol / chemistry*
  • Microspheres
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Phase Transition
  • Powders
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Solutions
  • Static Electricity
  • Viscosity

Substances

  • Colloids
  • Powders
  • Solutions
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Ethylene Glycol