Effect of Dielectric Constant on the Zeta Potential of Spherical Electric Double Layers.
Molecules
; 29(11)2024 May 24.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38893363
ABSTRACT
Zeta potential refers to the electrokinetic potential present in colloidal systems, exerting significant influence on the diverse properties of nano-drug delivery systems. The impact of the dielectric constant on the zeta potential and charge inversion of highly charged colloidal particles immersed in a variety of solvents spanning from polar, such as water, to nonpolar solvents and in the presence of multivalent salts was investigated through primitive Monte Carlo (MC) model simulations. Zeta potential, ξ, is decreased with the decreasing dielectric constant of the solvent and upon further increase in the salinity and the valency of the salt. At elevated levels of salt, the colloidal particles become overcharged in all solvents. As a result, their apparent charge becomes opposite in sign to the stoichiometric charge. This reversal of charge intensifies until reaching a saturation point with further increase in salinity.
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Molecules
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
Suiza