Particle laden fluid interfaces: Dynamics and interfacial rheology

ALMA MENDOZA; EDUARDO GUZMÁN; FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ-PEDRERO; HERNÁN RITACCO; RAMÓN G. RUBIO; FRANCISCO ORTEGA; VICTOR M. STAROV; REINHARD MIKKER

ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE.

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2014 vol. 206 p. 303 - 319

0001-8686

We review the dynamics of particle laden interfaces, both particle monolayers and surfactant monolayers. We also discuss the use of the Brownian motion of microparticles trapped at fluid interfaces for measuring the shear rheology of  surfactant and polymer monolayers. We describe the basic concepts of interfacial rheology and the different experimental methods for measuring both dilational and shear surface complex moduli over a broad range of frequencies, with emphasis in the micro-rheology methods. In the case of particles trapped at interfaces the calculation of the diffusion coefficients from the Brownian trajectories of the particles is calculated as a function of particle surface concentration. We describe in detail the calculation in the case of subdiffusive particle dynamics. A comprehensive review of dilational and shear rheology of particle monolayers and particle+surfactant monolayers is presented. Finally the advantages and current open problems of the use of the Brownian motion of microparticles for calculating the shear complex modulus of monolayers are described in detail.