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Shi Q, Wu J, Chen H, Xu X, Yang YB, Ding M. Inertial migration of polymer micelles in a square microchannel. SOFT MATTER 2024; 20:1760-1766. [PMID: 38295375 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01304a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Using a hybrid simulation approach that combines a lattice-Boltzmann method for fluid flow and a molecular dynamics model for polymers, we investigate the inertial migration of star-like and crew-cut polymer micelles in a square microchannel. It is found that they exhibit two types of equilibrium positions, which shift further away from the center of the microchannel when the Reynolds number (Re) increases, as can be observed for soft particles. What differs from the behaviors of soft particles is that here, the blockage ratio is no longer the decisive factor. When the sizes are the same, the star-like micelles are always relatively closer to the microchannel wall as they gradually transition from spherical to disc-like with the increase of Re. In comparison, the crew-cut micelles are only transformed into an ellipsoid. Conversely, when the hydrophobic core sizes are the same, the equilibrium position of the star-like micelles becomes closer to that of the crew-cut micelles. Our results demonstrate that for polymer micelles with a core-shell structure, the equilibrium position is no longer solely determined by their overall dimensions but depends on the core and shell's specific dimensions, especially the hydrophobic core size. This finding opens up a new approach for achieving the separation of micelles in inertial migration.
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- Qingfeng Shi
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutralization, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang 515200, China
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Ding M, Hou L, Duan X, Shi T, Li W, Shi AC. Translocation of Micelles through a Nanochannel. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mingming Ding
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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Ding M, Li L. Flow-Induced Translocation and Conformational Transition of Polymer Chains through Nanochannels: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mingming Ding
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Food Science and Processing Research Center, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Ding M, Chen Q, Duan X, Shi T. Flow-Driven Translocation of a Diblock Copolymer through a Nanopore. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:8848-8852. [PMID: 31566376 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b07481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Using a hybrid molecular dynamic and lattice Boltzmann simulation method, we investigate the flow-driven translocation of a diblock copolymer which is composed of a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block through a nanopore. Our results illustrate the nontrivial translocation dynamics of diblock copolymers. We find that the increase in the number of hydrophobic segments requires a larger critical flow rate and a reduced translocation time, which implies that the separation of diblock copolymers with different fractions of hydrophobic segments can be achieved by adjusting the flow rate. Our work deepens the understanding of copolymer translocation through a nanopore and provides an insight into designing related microscaled separation devices.
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- Mingming Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun 130022 , P. R. China
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- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology , Yili Normal University , Yining 835000 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun 130022 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun 130022 , P. R. China.,School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026 , P. R. China
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Nagarajan K, Chen SB. Flow-Induced Translocation of Star Polymers through a Nanopore. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7919-7925. [PMID: 31461281 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b07066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The flow-induced translocation of star polymers through a cylindrical nanopore has been studied using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. The number of arms, f, was varied with the total number of monomers, N, kept constant. The effect of simulating the capture of the polymer into the pore upon the mean translocation time, <τt>, has been investigated by varying the chain's initial location. The results indicate that the incorporation of the capture process results in a reduction of <τt> by up to 15%. This is because the chain's initial location affects the extent of its stretching along the flow direction during translocation. <τt> exhibits nonmonotonic variation with f, in agreement with recently reported results for electric field-driven translocation of star polymers. Its value is larger and shows greater variation with f when the solvent quality is better. For the same value of f, the capture occurs faster in a good solvent. In addition, <τt> is greater for a semiflexible chain than its flexible counterpart as the time required for the branch point to enter the nanopore is longer in the former case.
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- Karthik Nagarajan
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117585 Singapore
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117585 Singapore
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He J, Zheng T, Li L. Study of Flow-Driven Translocation of Flexible Polymer Chains through Cylindrical Nanopores in Unentangled Semidilute Solutions. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jing He
- Food Science and Processing Research Center, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Food Science and Processing Research Center, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Zheng T, Yang J, He J, Li L. Origin of Inconsistency in Experimentally Observed Transition Widths and Critical Flow Rates in Ultrafiltration Studies of Flexible Linear Chains. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tao Zheng
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Polson JM, Tremblett AF, McLure ZRN. Free Energy of a Folded Polymer under Cylindrical Confinement. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- James M. Polson
- Department of Physics, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3, Canada
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Ding M, Duan X, Shi T. Flow-induced polymer separation through a nanopore: effects of solvent quality. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:7239-7243. [PMID: 28930354 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm00784a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Using a hybrid simulation method that combines a lattice-Boltzmann approach for the flow and a molecular dynamics model for the polymer, we investigated the effect of solvent quality on the flow-induced polymer translocation through a nanopore. We demonstrate the nontrivial dependence of the translocation dynamics of polymers on the solvent quality, i.e., the enhancement in the polymer insolubility increases the critical velocity flux and shortens the translocation time. Accordingly, we propose a new strategy to separate polymers with different solubilities via their translocations in the nanopore by adjusting the velocity flux of the flow, which appears to be promising for the design of micro-scaled polymer separation devices.
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- Mingming Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mingming Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer
Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer
Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer
Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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Chen Q, Zhang L, Ding M, Duan X, Huang Y, Shi T. Effects of nanopore size on the flow-induced star polymer translocation. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2016; 39:109. [PMID: 27853961 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2016-16109-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We study the effects of the nanopore size on the flow-induced capture of the star polymer by a nanopore and the afterward translocation, using a hybrid simulation method that couples point particles into a fluctuating lattice-Boltzmann fluid. Our simulation demonstrates that the optimal forward arm number decreases slowly with the increase of the length of the nanopore. Compared to the minor effect of the length of the nanopore, the optimal forward arm number obviously increases with the increase of the width of the nanopore, which can clarify the current controversial issue for the optimal forward arm number between the theory and experiments. In addition, our results indicate that the critical velocity flux of the star polymer is independent of the nanopore size. Our work bridges the experimental results and the theoretical understanding, which can provide comprehensive insights for the characterization and the purification of the star polymers.
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- Qiaoyue Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022, Changchun, China
- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, 835000, Yining, China
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- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, 835000, Yining, China
- National Lab of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022, Changchun, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022, Changchun, China
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- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, 835000, Yining, China
- National Lab of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022, Changchun, China
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