Gravitational Collapse of Colloidal Gels

by: S Manley, JM Skotheim, L Mahadevan, DA Weitz

Physical Review Letters, Vol. 94, No. 21. (2005)

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We present a unified framework for understanding the compaction of colloidal gels under their own weight. The dynamics of the collapse are determined by the value of the gravitational stress g, as compared to the yield stress Y of the network. For g<Y, gels collapse poroelastically, and their rate of compression decays exponentially in time. For g>Y, the network eventually yields, leading to rapid settling. In both cases, the rate of collapse is backflow limited, while its overall magnitude is determined by a balance between gravitational stress and network elastic stress.

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2710257 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2710257 TI - Gravitational Collapse of Colloidal Gels JF - Physical Review Letters VL - 94 IS - 21 PB - APS N2 - We present a unified framework for understanding the compaction of colloidal gels under their own weight. The dynamics of the collapse are determined by the value of the gravitational stress g, as compared to the yield stress Y of the network. For g<Y, gels collapse poroelastically, and their rate of compression decays exponentially in time. For g>Y, the network eventually yields, leading to rapid settling. In both cases, the rate of collapse is backflow limited, while its overall magnitude is determined by a balance between gravitational stress and network elastic stress. KW - colloids KW - gel KW - gravity KW - weitz AU - Manley, S AU - Skotheim, JM AU - Mahadevan, L AU - Weitz, DA PY - 2005/// UR - http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000094000021218302000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes ER -

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