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Published on: July 28, 2008
On the effect of induced electro-osmosis on a cylindrical particle next to a surface
1Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Abstract:
The effect of induced electro-osmosis on a cylindrical particle positioned next to a planar surface (wall) is studied theoretically both under the thin double layer approximation utilizing the Smoluchowski slip velocity approximation and under thick electric double layer conditions by solving the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations. The imposed, undisturbed electric field is parallel to the planar surface. The induced hydrodynamic and electrostatic forces are calculated as functions of the particle's and the medium's dielectric constants and the distance between the particle and the surface. The resultant force acting on the particle is directed normal to and away from the wall. The presence of such a repulsive force may adversely affect the interactions between macromolecules suspended in solution and wall-immobilized molecules and may be significant to near-wall particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) in electrokinetic flows.
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