Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Like-charge attraction and hydrodynamic interaction

Squires1, Brenner

  • 1Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|December 2, 2000
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Alcohol consumption and the risk of renal cancers in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Wozniak MB, Brennan P, Brenner DR, Overvad K, Olsen A, Tjønneland A, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Fagherazzi G, Katzke V, Kühn T, Boeing H, Bergmann MM, Steffen A, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Trichopoulos D, Saieva C, Grioni S, Panico S, Tumino R, Vineis P, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Hjartåker A, Weiderpass E, Arriola L, Molina-Montes E, Duell EJ, Santiuste C, Alonso de la Torre R, Barricarte Gurrea A, Stocks T, Johansson M, Ljungberg B, Wareham N, Khaw KT, Travis RC, Cross AJ, Murphy N, Riboli E, Scelo G.Int J Cancer. 2015 Oct 15;137(8):1953-66. [Epub 2015 Apr 28]. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29559.

Urologic oncology·2017
Same author

Book-keeping.

Current biology : CB·2000
Same author

Condensing the RNA world

Trends in biochemical sciences·2000
Same author

Lung cancer and indoor air pollution in rural china.

Annals of epidemiology·2000
Same author

Half-life measurement for the rp-process waiting point nuclide 80Zr

Physical review letters·2000
Same author

Unconscious secrets

Current biology : CB·2000
Same journal

Erratum: Spectroscopy and Ground-State Transfer of Ultracold Bosonic ^{39}K^{133}Cs Molecules [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 203401 (2025)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Erratum: Lifetime of the ^{2}F_{7/2} Level in Yb^{+} for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 213001 (2021)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Laser-Plasma Based Seeded Free Electron Laser in the High-Gain Regime.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Parent Hamiltonians for Stabilizer Quantum Many-Body Scars.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Properties of Heavy Cosmic Nuclei Phosphorus, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, and Calcium: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Role of Spin-Isospin Symmetries in Nuclear β-Decays.

Physical review letters·2026
See all related articles

Like-charged colloidal spheres near a wall exhibit an attractive interaction. This phenomenon is explained by a nonequilibrium hydrodynamic effect, confirmed through simulations and analytical results.

Area of Science:

  • Colloid science
  • Soft matter physics
  • Fluid dynamics

Background:

  • Like-charged colloidal spheres typically exhibit repulsive electrostatic interactions.
  • Experimental observations have shown unexpected attractive forces between such spheres near a wall.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explain the origin of the attractive interaction between like-charged colloidal spheres near a wall.
  • To provide a theoretical framework for understanding nonequilibrium hydrodynamic effects in colloidal systems.

Main Methods:

  • Analytical calculations of hydrodynamic interactions.
  • Brownian dynamics simulations of colloidal sphere behavior near a wall.
  • Comparison of theoretical predictions with experimental data from Larsen and Grier (1997).

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • A nonequilibrium hydrodynamic effect quantitatively accounts for the observed attraction.
  • The model successfully reproduces experimental results using a single, unmeasured parameter.
  • Demonstration of the significant role of hydrodynamic interactions in confined colloidal systems.

Conclusions:

  • Nonequilibrium hydrodynamics is the dominant mechanism for attraction between like-charged spheres near a wall.
  • The findings challenge conventional electrostatic explanations for this specific scenario.
  • The study offers a new perspective on colloidal interactions in confined geometries.