We report the anisotropy effect and the relaxation dynamics of surface pressure of silica nanoparticle monolayer at the air-water interface. The anisotropy of surface pressure occurs when the water surface is fully co...We report the anisotropy effect and the relaxation dynamics of surface pressure of silica nanoparticle monolayer at the air-water interface. The anisotropy of surface pressure occurs when the water surface is fully covered by particles and becomes more prominent with the increase of surface concentration. Hence, the conception of surface tensor was proposed to characterize the monolayer properties. The dynamics of pressure relaxation involves three timescales which are related to the damping of surface fluctuation, rearrangement of particle rafts and particle motion inside each raft. The anisotropy decays when the layer is kept static and the process is accelerated remarkably by barrier oscillation. The underlying physics mechanism is also discussed in detail for the origin of pressure anisotropy and its decay dynamics.展开更多
基金supported by the NPU Foundation for Fundamental Research (Grant No. NPU-FFR-JC20100242)
文摘We report the anisotropy effect and the relaxation dynamics of surface pressure of silica nanoparticle monolayer at the air-water interface. The anisotropy of surface pressure occurs when the water surface is fully covered by particles and becomes more prominent with the increase of surface concentration. Hence, the conception of surface tensor was proposed to characterize the monolayer properties. The dynamics of pressure relaxation involves three timescales which are related to the damping of surface fluctuation, rearrangement of particle rafts and particle motion inside each raft. The anisotropy decays when the layer is kept static and the process is accelerated remarkably by barrier oscillation. The underlying physics mechanism is also discussed in detail for the origin of pressure anisotropy and its decay dynamics.
