Gel Diffusiophoresis of a Spherical Colloidal Particle

Autor: Hiroyuki Ohshima
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Fluids, Vol 9, Iss 9, p 203 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2311-5521
DOI: 10.3390/fluids9090203
Popis: A theoretical framework is established for the gel diffusiophoresis of a spherical colloidal particle moving through an uncharged dilute porous polymer gel medium when an electrolyte concentration gradient field is applied. The network of cross-linked polymer segments is treated as a porous skeleton containing an electrolyte solution using the Brinkman–Debye–Bueche model. We derive a general expression for the gel-diffusiophoretic mobility of a charged spherical colloidal particle. Based on this general mobility expression, we farther derive a closed-form approximate expression for the gel-diffusiophoretic mobility of a weakly charged spherical particle correct to the second order of the particle’s zeta potential. The obtained mobility expression depends on the Debye–Hückel parameter and the Brinkmann parameter.
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