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通过临界Casimir力捕获化学条纹附近的胶体

Trapping colloids near chemical stripes via critical Casimir forces

Matthias Tröndle, Olga Zvyagolskaya, Andrea Gambassi, Dominik Vogt, Ludger Harnau, Clemens Bechinger, Siegfried Dietrich

摘要:

我们从理论和实验上研究了溶剂介导的临界Casimir力作用于胶体颗粒浸没在水和2,6-二甲基吡啶的二元液体混合物和接近基板的化学图案与周期性交替条纹的拮抗吸附偏好。这些图案通过微接触印刷实验实现。在接近溶剂的临界分层点时,法向和侧向临界Casimir力产生用于胶体的侧向限制有效势。我们详细分析了接近这种基板的球形胶体的丰富的行为。对于我们研究的所有图案化衬底,我们对这些有效电势的测量与相应的理论预测一致。由于临界Casimir力的方向和强度都可以通过微小的温度变化来调整,这为控制胶体作为模型系统提供了一种新的机制,为应用开辟了令人鼓舞的前景。

英文摘要:

We study theoretically and experimentally the solvent-mediated critical Casimir force acting on colloidal particles immersed in a binary liquid mixture of water and 2,6-lutidine and close to substrates which are chemically patterned with periodically alternating stripes of antagonistic adsorption preferences. These patterns are experimentally realized via microcontact printing. Upon approaching the critical demixing point of the solvent, normal and lateral critical Casimir forces generate laterally confining effective potentials for the colloids. We analyze in detail the rich behavior of the spherical colloids close to such substrates. For all patterned substrates we investigated, our measurements of these effective potentials agree with the corresponding theoretical predictions. Since both the directions and the strengths of the critical Casimir forces can be tuned by minute temperature changes, this provides a new mechanism for controlling colloids as model systems, opening encouraging perspectives for applications.

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