Capture probabilities in pair-wise collisions of emulsion drops - measurement and application : report submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Doctoral Degree (PhD Course) in the Biophysics and Soft Matter Group, School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand
dc.confidential | Embargo : No | en_US |
dc.contributor.advisor | Williams, Martin | |
dc.contributor.author | Ravindran, Sapna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-16T20:25:02Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-11T00:58:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-16T20:25:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-11T00:58:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.description.abstract | This project seeks to measure and model particle interactions under different environmental conditions with a view to being able to control these interactions. The interactions of emulsion drops will be investigated using an optical tweezer set-up and the results considered in the context of measurements of the zeta potential of the emulsion. Specifically, how the zeta potential of emulsion drops changes with the physio-chemical environment (pH and ionic environment) is captured in a concise mathematical model, the effects of depletion interactions are considered, and a novel experimental procedure is developed to allow hundreds of pairwise stickiness measurements to be taken in an automated fashion. The major research questions are: 1. Is it possible to address the effects of changes in environmental conditions which are not easily quantifiable with a pragmatic capture probability or pairwise "stickiness" measured at a single particle level? 2. Can we link these pairwise measurements to induced changes in the surface properties and understand how they yield the rheological behaviour of the system? | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10179/15796 | |
dc.publisher | Massey University | en_US |
dc.rights | The Author | en_US |
dc.subject | Emulsions | en |
dc.subject | Drops | en |
dc.subject | Zeta potential | en |
dc.subject | Collisions (Physics) | en |
dc.subject | Mathematical models | en |
dc.subject.anzsrc | 510405 Soft condensed matter | en |
dc.title | Capture probabilities in pair-wise collisions of emulsion drops - measurement and application : report submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Doctoral Degree (PhD Course) in the Biophysics and Soft Matter Group, School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
massey.contributor.author | Ravindran, Sapna | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Physics (Biophysics and Soft Matter Group) | en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor | Massey University | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en_US |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
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