title: Interfacial Particle Dynamics: One and Two Step Yielding in Colloidal Glass.
abstract: The yielding behavior of silica nanoparticles partitioned at an air-aqueous interface is reported. Linear viscoelasticity of the particle-laden interface can be retrieved via a time-dependent and electrolyte-dependent superposition, and the applicability of the "soft glassy rheology" (SGR) model is confirmed. With increasing electrolyte concentration (φelect) in the aqueous subphase, a nonergodic state is achieved with particle dynamics arrested first from attraction induced bonding bridges and then from the cage effect of particle jamming, manifesting in a two-step yielding process under large amplitude oscillation strain (LAOS). The Lissajous curves disclose a shear-induced in-cage particle redisplacement within oscillation cycles between the two yielding steps, exhibiting a "strain softening" transitioning to "strain stiffening" as the interparticle attraction increases. By varying φelectand the particle spreading concentration, φSiO2, a variety of phase transitions from fluid- to gel- and glass-like can be unified to construct a state diagram mapping the yielding behaviors from one-step to two-step before finally exhibiting one-step yielding at high φelectand φSiO2.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
authors.forename: Huagui
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2438-788X
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
authors.forename: Olivier J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Cayre
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harbottle