NDLI: Mesoscale structure of diffusion-limited aggregates of colloidal rods and disks

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Mason, Thomas G. Huang, Jung-Ren Rothenbuhler, Jacob R. DiDonna, Brian A. Levine, Alex J.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	We explore the dependence of the non-universal mesoscale structure of diffusion-limited aggregates upon the shape of their constituent particles. Using random-walker simulations that model anisotropic diffusion in a viscous fluid, we study diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) of right-circular cylinders having a wide range of length-to-diameter aspect ratios. This single-parameter family of particle shapes allows us to determine the role of particle quasi-dimensionality on the structure of DLA clusters that are composed of effectively one-dimensional thin rods and two-dimensional thin plates. We compare these clusters to those formed by traditional DLA of compact objects by studying the local nature of the interparticle contacts (end–end, end–body, or body–body), the distribution of the number of interparticle contacts, and the wavevector-dependent structure factor S(q) of the resulting clusters. We find that clusters of rods are less dense than those of disks or compact objects of equal volume, yet the long length-scale structure of the DLA clusters conforms to the expected DLA scaling relations. However, the local structure at the particle scale, including the nearest-neighbor distribution functions and dominant collision types, depend strongly on the particle's quasi-dimensionality. We explain the non-universal local structure by introducing the concept of a diffusing particle's ‘touch space’, which incorporates both the particle’s geometry and its anisotropic diffusion.
Starting Page	3639
Ending Page	3645
Page Count	7
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	1744683X
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	19
Journal	Soft Matter
DOI	10.1039/b909740f
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Geometry Structure factor Dependent and independent variables DLA Mesoscopic physics Diffusion MRI Diffusion
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics

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