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Depletion forces in nonequilibrium.

J Dzubiella1, H Löwen, C N Likos

  • 1University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.

Physical Review Letters
|December 20, 2003
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Effective depletion forces between large colloidal particles in a flowing small particle bath defy equilibrium predictions. These nonequilibrium forces are nonconservative, anisotropic, and violate Newton

Area of Science:

  • Colloid science
  • Statistical mechanics
  • Soft matter physics

Background:

  • Depletion forces are crucial in colloidal systems, typically studied under equilibrium conditions.
  • Understanding forces in flowing systems is essential for applications like microfluidics and material processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To generalize the concept of effective depletion forces to a nonequilibrium scenario.
  • To investigate the behavior of forces when a small Brownian particle bath flows around large colloidal particles.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical generalization of equilibrium depletion forces to flowing bath conditions.
  • Analysis of the resulting nonequilibrium forces acting on large colloidal particles.

Main Results:

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  • Nonequilibrium depletion forces violate Newton's third law, unlike their equilibrium counterparts.
  • These forces are nonconservative and exhibit strong anisotropy.
  • Both attractive and repulsive force domains are observed, depending on flow conditions.

Conclusions:

  • Flowing Brownian particle baths introduce complex, non-Newtonian behavior to depletion forces.
  • The violation of Newton's third law highlights fundamental differences between equilibrium and nonequilibrium colloidal interactions.