The electrical interaction between two long, parallel rod-like particles in a water–oil interface is investigated based on a Green function method, which is applicable to a system containing particles with different physical parameters. This is a highly desirable feature from practical considerations. We consider the case where each particle is covered by a membrane, and assumes a general class of shapes. This extends previous results in the literature in that they can be recovered as the special cases of the present model. We show that: (1) The higher the ionic strength in bulk water phase, the less stable the system concerned. (2) The closer the shape of the particles to a cylinder, the more stable the system under consideration. (3) The larger the fraction of particle immersed in the water phase, the greater the electrical interaction force. (4) The electrical interaction force increases with the increase in both the surface potential ratio between two particles and the fixed charge density in the membrane.
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Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 27(1), pp.49-58
