Colloidal transport phenomena in dynamic, pulsating porous materials.

ABSTRACT: We study the transport phenomena of colloidal particles embedded within a moving array of obstacles that mimics a dynamic, time-varying porous material. While colloidal transport in an array of stationary obstacles ("passive" porous media) has been well studied, we lack the fundamental understanding of colloidal diffusion in a nonequilibrium porous environment. We combine Taylor dispersion theory, Brownian dynamics simulations, and optical tweezer experiments to study the transport of tracer colloidal particles in an oscillating lattice of obstacles. We discover that the dispersion of tracer particles is a non-monotonic function of oscillation frequency and exhibits a maximum that exceeds the Stokes-Einstein-Sutherland diffusivity in the absence of obstacles. By solving the Smoluchowski eq

SUBMITTER: Nagella SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10706601 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature