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Eloul S, Poon WCK, Farago O, Frenkel D. Reactive Momentum Transfer Contributes to the Self-Propulsion of Janus Particles. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:188001. [PMID: 32441974 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.188001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report simulations of a spherical Janus particle undergoing exothermic surface reactions around one pole only. Our model excludes self-phoretic transport by design. Nevertheless, net motion occurs from direct momentum transfer between solvent and colloid, with speed scaling as the square root of the energy released during the reaction. We find that such propulsion is dominated by the system's short-time response, when neither the time dependence of the flow around the colloid nor the solvent compressibility can be ignored. Our simulations agree reasonably well with previous experiments.
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- Shaltiel Eloul
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- SUPA and School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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We consider the Brownian motion of a particle and present a tutorial review over the last 111 years since Einstein's paper in 1905. We describe Einstein's model, Langevin's model and the hydrodynamic models, with increasing sophistication on the hydrodynamic interactions between the particle and the fluid. In recent years, the effects of interfaces on the nearby Brownian motion have been the focus of several investigations. We summarize various results and discuss some of the controversies associated with new findings about the changes in Brownian motion induced by the interface.
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- Xin Bian
- Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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Puertas AM, Voigtmann T. Microrheology of colloidal systems. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2014; 26:243101. [PMID: 24848328 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/24/243101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Microrheology was proposed almost twenty years ago as a technique to obtain rheological properties in soft matter from the microscopic motion of colloidal tracers used as probes, either freely diffusing in the host medium, or subjected to external forces. The former case is known as passive microrheology, and is based on generalizations of the Stokes-Einstein relation between the friction experienced by the probe and the host-fluid viscosity. The latter is termed active microrheology, and extends the measurement of the friction coefficient to the nonlinear-response regime of strongly driven probes. In this review article, we discuss theoretical models available in the literature for both passive and active microrheology, focusing on the case of single-probe motion in model colloidal host media. A brief overview of the theory of passive microrheology is given, starting from the work of Mason and Weitz. Further developments include refined models of the host suspension beyond that of a Newtonian-fluid continuum, and the investigation of probe-size effects. Active microrheology is described starting from microscopic equations of motion for the whole system including both the host-fluid particles and the tracer; the many-body Smoluchowski equation for the case of colloidal suspensions. At low fluid densities, this can be simplified to a two-particle equation that allows the calculation of the friction coefficient with the input of the density distribution around the tracer, as shown by Brady and coworkers. The results need to be upscaled to agree with simulations at moderate density, in both the case of pulling the tracer with a constant force or dragging it at a constant velocity. The full many-particle equation has been tackled by Fuchs and coworkers, using a mode-coupling approximation and the scheme of integration through transients, valid at high densities. A localization transition is predicted for a probe embedded in a glass-forming host suspension. The nonlinear probe-friction coefficient is calculated from the tracer's position correlation function. Computer simulations show qualitative agreement with the theory, but also some unexpected features, such as superdiffusive motion of the probe related to the breaking of nearest-neighbor cages. We conclude with some perspectives and future directions of theoretical models of microrheology.
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- A M Puertas
- Group of Complex Fluids Physics, Department of Applied Physics, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
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Felderhof BU. Velocity relaxation of a porous sphere immersed in a viscous incompressible fluid. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:134901. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4869593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Felderhof BU. Jittery velocity relaxation of an elastic sphere immersed in a viscous incompressible fluid. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2014; 89:033001. [PMID: 24730931 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.033001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Velocity relaxation of an elastic sphere immersed in a viscous incompressible fluid is studied on the basis of the equations of linear elasticity and the linearized Navier-Stokes equations. It is found that both translational motion after a sudden impulse and rotational motion after a sudden twist show jittery behavior in the long-time regime, with many reversals of velocity if the sphere is sufficiently flexible. In the extreme long-time regime the translational and rotational velocity relaxation functions each decay with a universal algebraic long-time tail. The added mass and the added moment of inertia of the sphere are found to vanish.
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- B U Felderhof
- Institute for Theoretical Physics A, RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Tatsumi R, Yamamoto R. Velocity relaxation of a particle in a confined compressible fluid. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:184905. [PMID: 23676072 DOI: 10.1063/1.4804186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The velocity relaxation of an impulsively forced spherical particle in a fluid confined by two parallel plane walls is studied using a direct numerical simulation approach. During the relaxation process, the momentum of the particle is transmitted in the ambient fluid by viscous diffusion and sound wave propagation, and the fluid flow accompanied by each mechanism has a different character and affects the particle motion differently. Because of the bounding walls, viscous diffusion is hampered, and the accompanying shear flow is gradually diminished. However, the sound wave is repeatedly reflected and spreads diffusely. As a result, the particle motion is governed by the sound wave and backtracks differently in a bulk fluid. The time when the backtracking of the particle occurs changes non-monotonically with respect to the compressibility factor ε = ν∕ac and is minimized at the characteristic compressibility factor. This factor depends on the wall spacing, and the dependence is different at small and large wall spacing regions based on the different mechanisms causing the backtracking.
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- Rei Tatsumi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
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Felderhof BU. Hydrodynamic force on a particle oscillating in a viscous fluid near a wall with dynamic partial-slip boundary condition. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 85:046303. [PMID: 22680570 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.85.046303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The hydrodynamic force on a particle oscillating in a viscous fluid near a wall with partial-slip boundary condition is studied on the basis of the linearized Navier-Stokes equations. Both incompressible and compressible fluids are considered. It is assumed that the slip length characterizing the partial-slip boundary condition depends on frequency. The consequences of this assumption for the spectrum of Brownian motion near a wall are investigated and compared with a recent experiment.
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- B U Felderhof
- Institut für Theoretische Physik A, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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Hermanns HG, Felderhof BU. Long-time tails of translational and rotational Brownian motion in a suspension of hard spheres. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:044902. [PMID: 17286504 DOI: 10.1063/1.2428303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The long-time translational and rotational Brownian motion of a sphere in a suspension of hard spheres is studied on the basis of the linearized Navier-Stokes equations and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. It is shown that for the rotational long-time coefficient an effective medium conjecture is incorrect. There are short-range velocity correlations that decay at the same rate as the macroscopic flow pattern used in the effective medium conjecture. An estimate of the short-range correction is made on the basis of the pair term in the cluster expansion of the rotational admittance.
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- H-G Hermanns
- gesco Consulting Engineers Limited, Niederlassung Deutschland, Am Hecklehamm 6, 76549 Hügelsheim, Germany
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Felderhof BU. Diffusion and velocity relaxation of a Brownian particle immersed in a viscous compressible fluid confined between two parallel plane walls. J Chem Phys 2006; 124:054111. [PMID: 16468855 DOI: 10.1063/1.2165199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The diffusion tensor and velocity correlation function of a Brownian particle immersed in a viscous compressible fluid confined between two parallel plane walls are calculated in point approximation. The fluid is assumed to satisfy stick boundary conditions at the walls. It is found that the velocity correlation function decays asymptotically with a negative t(-2) long-time tail due to coupling to overdamped sound waves. The coefficient of the long-time tail is calculated and shown to be independent of fluid viscosity.
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- B U Felderhof
- Institut für Theoretische Physik A, RWTH Aachen, Templergraben 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
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Felderhof BU. Effect of surface tension and surface elasticity of a fluid-fluid interface on the motion of a particle immersed near the interface. J Chem Phys 2006; 125:144718. [PMID: 17042642 DOI: 10.1063/1.2356864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The motion of a particle immersed in a fluid near a fluid-fluid interface is studied on the basis of the linearized Navier-Stokes equations. The motion is influenced by surface tension, dilatational surface elasticity modulus, and surface shear modulus, as well as by gravity. The backflow at the location of the particle after a sudden impulse has some universal features that are the same as for a rigid wall with stick boundary conditions. At short times the flow depends only on the mass densities of the two fluids. The nature of the short-time flow is calculated from potential flow theory. At a somewhat later time the particle shows a pronounced rebound. The maximum value of the rebound and the time at which the maximum occurs depend on the elastic properties of the interface.
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- B U Felderhof
- Institut für Theoretische Physik A, RWTH Aachen, Templergraben 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
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Felderhof BU. Backtracking of a sphere slowing down in a viscous compressible fluid. J Chem Phys 2005; 123:044902. [PMID: 16095387 DOI: 10.1063/1.1992468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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It is shown on the basis of the linearized Navier-Stokes equations that a sphere set in motion by a sudden impulse, and slowing down in a viscous compressible fluid, can temporarily reverse its velocity at a late stage of the motion before finally slowing down with a positive velocity. For the effect to occur, the fluid needs to be sufficiently compressible, and the bulk viscosity needs to be sufficiently small relative to the shear viscosity. More generally, the velocity decays nonmonotonically, without necessarily passing through zero. The results are derived from the frequency-dependent friction coefficient, and hold for general boundary condition on the surface of the sphere.
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- B U Felderhof
- Institut für Theoretische Physik A, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Templergraben 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
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Chatterji A, Horbach J. Combining molecular dynamics with Lattice Boltzmann: A hybrid method for the simulation of (charged) colloidal systems. J Chem Phys 2005; 122:184903. [PMID: 15918761 DOI: 10.1063/1.1890905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a hybrid method for the simulation of colloidal systems that combines molecular dynamics (MD) with the Lattice Boltzmann (LB) scheme. The LB method is used as a model for the solvent in order to take into account the hydrodynamic mass and momentum transport through the solvent. The colloidal particles are propagated via MD and they are coupled to the LB fluid by viscous forces. With respect to the LB fluid, the colloids are represented by uniformly distributed points on a sphere. Each such point [with a velocity V(r) at any off-lattice position r] is interacting with the neighboring eight LB nodes by a frictional force F = xi0(V(r)-u(r)), with xi0 being a friction coefficient and u(r) being the velocity of the fluid at the position r. Thermal fluctuations are introduced in the framework of fluctuating hydrodynamics. This coupling scheme has been proposed recently for polymer systems by Ahlrichs and Dunweg [J. Chem. Phys. 111, 8225 (1999)]. We investigate several properties of a single colloidal particle in a LB fluid, namely, the effective Stokes friction and long-time tails in the autocorrelation functions for the translational and rotational velocity. Moreover, a charged colloidal system is considered consisting of a macroion, counterions, and coions that are coupled to a LB fluid. We study the behavior of the ions in a constant electric field. In particular, an estimate of the effective charge of the macroion is yielded from the number of counterions that move with the macroion in the direction of the electric field.
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- Apratim Chatterji
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Henderson S, Mitchell S, Bartlett P. Propagation of hydrodynamic interactions in colloidal suspensions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:088302. [PMID: 11863977 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.088302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We describe direct measurements of the dynamics of two colloidal spheres before hydrodynamic interactions have had time to fully develop. We find that the dynamics of the two spheres are coupled at times significantly shorter than tau(nu), the time required for vorticity to diffuse between the two spheres. From the distance dependence of the measured coupling, we infer that hydrodynamic interactions develop in a sonic time scale.
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- Stuart Henderson
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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