A self-consistent renormalized Jellium approach for calculating structural and thermodynamic properties of charge stabilized colloidal suspensions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a self-consistent renormalized Jellium model to accurately predict the structure and thermodynamics of highly charged colloidal suspensions, aligning well with Monte Carlo simulations.

Contribution

It develops a novel self-consistent approach based on the renormalized Jellium model for colloidal suspensions with electrolyte, improving predictive accuracy.

Findings

Excellent agreement with Monte Carlo simulations

Accurate calculation of correlation functions and effective charges

Applicable to suspensions with added monovalent electrolyte

Abstract

An approach is proposed which allows to self-consistently calculate the structural and thermodynamic properties of highly charged aqueous colloidal suspensions. The method is based on the renormalized Jellium model with the background charge distribution related to the colloid-colloid correlation function. The theory is used to calculate the correlation functions and the effective colloidal charges for suspension containing additional monovalent electrolyte. The predictions of the theory are in excellent agreement with the Monte Carlo simulations.