A R Denton 2008 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20 494230 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/20/49/494230
A R Denton
Show affiliationsThermodynamic properties of charge-stabilized colloidal suspensions depend sensitively on the effective charge of the macroions, which can be substantially lower than the bare charge in the case of strong counterion–macroion association. A theory of charge renormalization is proposed, combining an effective one-component model of charged colloids with a thermal criterion for distinguishing between free and associated counterions. The theory predicts, with minimal computational effort, osmotic pressures of deionized suspensions of highly charged colloids in close agreement with large-scale simulations of the primitive model.
64.60.A- Specific approaches applied to studies of phase transitions
Soft matter, liquids and polymers
Issue 49 (10 December 2008)
Received 1 August 2008, in final form 15 September 2008
Published 12 November 2008
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