On the determination of Ostwald ripening rates from dynamic light scattering measurements

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作者
De Smet, Y [1 ]
Deriemaeker, L [1 ]
Parloo, E [1 ]
Finsy, R [1 ]
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[1] Free Univ Brussels, Dept Phys & Colloid Chem, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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10.1021/la9807513
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O6 [化学];
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The Ostwald ripening rate of several alkane in water emulsions stabilized by a nonionic surfactant is determined from dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements. With the aid of computer simulations, the intensity weighted droplet radii obtained with DLS are converted to number averages, by taking the form of the droplet size distribution-which evolves continuously toward a stationary distribution-into account. Thereby the effect of the transition from an initial, log-normal size distribution toward its stationary form is included. Second a model is proposed to account for the effect of the finite size of the surfactant layer (surrounding each oil droplet) on the measured particle size and thus on the ripening rate. It is found that both the effect of the transition from a nonstationary regime toward the stationary Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner regime and the effect of the finite size of the surfactant layer influence the ripening rates significantly.
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