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Brownian aggregation rate of colloid particles with several active sites.

Authors :
Nekrasov, Vyacheslav M.
Polshchitsin, Alexey A.
Yurkin, Maxim A.
Yakovleva, Galina E.
Maltsev, Valeri P.
Chernyshev, Andrei V.
Source :
Journal of Chemical Physics; 8/14/2014, Vol. 141 Issue 6, p1-9, 9p, 1 Diagram, 7 Graphs
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

We theoretically analyze the aggregation kinetics of colloid particles with several active sites. Such particles (so-called "patchy particles") are well known as chemically anisotropic reactants, but the corresponding rate constant of their aggregation has not yet been established in a convenient analytical form. Using kinematic approximation for the diffusion problem, we derived an analytical formula for the diffusion-controlled reaction rate constant between two colloid particles (or clusters) with several small active sites under the following assumptions: the relative translational motion is Brownian diffusion, and the isotropic stochastic reorientation of each particle is Markovian and arbitrarily correlated. This formula was shown to produce accurate results in comparison with more sophisticated approaches. Also, to account for the case of a low number of active sites per particle we used Monte Carlo stochastic algorithm based on Gillespie method. Simulations showed that such discrete model is required when this number is less than 10. Finally, we applied the developed approach to the simulation of immunoagglutination, assuming that the formed clusters have fractal structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00219606
Volume :
141
Issue :
6
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Chemical Physics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
97525169
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4892163