Interactions in reentrant phase behavior of a charged nanoparticle solution by multivalent ions.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The interactions following a reentrant phase transition of charged silica nanoparticles from one phase to two phases and back to one phase by varying the concentration of multivalent counterions have been examined. The observations are far beyond the framework of Debye-Hückel or even nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equations and demonstrate the universal behavior of multivalent counterion-driven charge inversion. We show that the interplay of multivalent counterion-induced short-range attraction and long-range electrostatic repulsion between nanoparticles results in reentrant phase behavior.