Copyright (c) 2022 by Miguel A. Caro
These are materials for the teaching demo at Aalto PHYS about DLVO theory
of colloidal aggregation. Check a very brief introduction to the theory
under slides/.
There is a code to perform simple molecular dynamics with a system made
of colloidal particles and solvent particles (positively and negatively
charged). The model is quite simple and based on a screened electrostatic
interaction plus Lennard-Jones potential in periodic boundary conditions
under the minimum image convention. To build the code just execute
./build.sh and add the src/ directory to your path. You can then
use the aggregation binary which requires a local input file (an
example file can be found under example/). The
code is rather primitive and made for educational purposes. If you want
to use it for research you should probably spend some time figuring out
whether the different approximations are sound enough for your purposes.