Dtermination Of Critical Coagulation Concentration Of Silicon Nanoparticles

¹Xian Institute of Technology, Xian 710000, China

²Chiang Mai International School, Chiang Mai 50210, Thailand 

Adv. Mater. Lett., 2014, 5 (1), pp 02-05

DOI: 10.5185/amlett.2013.7523

Publication Date (Web): Dec 28, 2013

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Abstract

This paper investigated the determination of critical coagulation concentration using a time-resolved dynamic light scattering technique. Silicon nanoparticles were used as model nanoparticles. Zeta potential of silicon nanoparticles were quantified using a zetasizer. The key results of this study show that critical coagulation concentration of silicon nanoparticles in NaCl is 0.2 M while critical coagulation concentration decreased to 0.01 for CaCl₂ solution. This finding indicates that silicon nanoparticles are less stable in CaCl₂ because of the more effective surface charge screening process occurred. This study provides information on the stability of nanoparticles in electrolyte solutions and may be served as reference in the risk assessment of nanoparticle spills into the natural aquatic systems.

Keywords

Critical coagulation concentration, time-resolved dynamic light scattering, silicon nanoparticles, zeta potential.