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Understanding and Manipulation of Nanoparticle Contact Forces by Capillary Bridges

Authors : Hans-Joachim Schmid, Guido Grundmeier, Michael Dörmann, Alejandro González Orive, Teresa de los Arcos, Boray Torun

Published in: Particles in Contact

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Since, in the presence of humidity the inter-particle processes are dominated by capillary forces, a fundamental understanding of the water adsorption and the capillary bridge formation is very important. However, the adsorbed water structure and thus the capillary bridge formation is influenced by various parameters like the particle morphology (e.g. particle size, roughness) as well as the surface chemistry (surface energy, adsorbate structure) and therefore needs to be analyzed on a submicroscopic or even molecular basis. A multi-scale approach ranging from experiments on an individual particle level (AFM and liquid bridge simulation) and investigations on small particle ensembles (combined QCM-D/FTIR) up to macroscopic description of bulk behavior is presented in this chapter. In this context, the combined in situ QCM-D/FTIR experiments are bridging the gap between experiments on an individual particle level and macroscopic bulk behavior. Variation of surface chemistry by means of adsorption of functional organic molecules allows for the correlation of macroscopic particle behavior to nanoscopic effects like the presence and structure of adsorbate layers as well as the formation of capillary bridges while keeping the disperse properties constant. Besides extensive experimental work, simulations of capillary bridges formed by condensation from humid air are presented. It is clearly shown that well known approximations which have been introduced for micron-sized particles are not valid any more for nano-scaled particles. The forces between nanoparticles by static liquid bridges and their dependency on particle size, contact angle, humidity and interparticle distance are discussed in detail. Furthermore, capillary forces during separation of particles are studied thoroughly and a constitutive law based on a contact stiffness allows the transfer to DEM simulations of wet powders. Finally, it is demonstrated by comparison to Molecular Dynamics simulations, that the used continuum approach to simulate capillary bridges might even be used down to particle sizes of a few nanometers, if some additional effects are considered correctly.

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Title: Understanding and Manipulation of Nanoparticle Contact Forces by Capillary Bridges
Authors: Hans-Joachim Schmid
Guido Grundmeier
Michael Dörmann
Alejandro González Orive
Teresa de los Arcos
Boray Torun
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Particles in Contact
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-15898-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-15899-6

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15899-6_2

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