Curvature induces and enhances transport of spinning colloids through narrow channels.

ABSTRACT: The effect of curvature and how it induces and enhances the transport of colloidal particles driven through narrow channels represent an unexplored research avenue. Here we combine experiments and simulations to investigate the dynamics of magnetically driven colloidal particles confined through a narrow, circular channel. We use an external precessing magnetic field to induce a net torque and spin the particles at a defined angular velocity. Due to the spinning, the particle propulsion emerges from the different hydrodynamic coupling with the inner and outer walls and strongly depends on the curvature. The experimental findings are combined with finite element numerical simulations that predict a positive rotation translation coupling in the mobility matrix. Further, we explore the collec

SUBMITTER: Cereceda-Lopez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404672 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature