Effect of Monomer Geometry on the Fractal Structure of Colloidal Rod Aggregates
- 14 April 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 92 (15), 155503
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.155503
Abstract
The fractal structure of clusters formed by diffusion-limited aggregation of rodlike particles is characterized over three decades of the scattering vector q, and displays an unexpected dependence on the aspect ratio of the constituent monomers. Monte Carlo simulations of aggregating Brownian rods corroborate the experimental finding that the measured fractal dimension is an increasing function of the monomer aspect ratio. Moreover, increasing the rod aspect ratio eliminates the structural distinction between diffusion- and reaction-limited cluster aggregation that is observed for spheres.Keywords
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