Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 11, Issue 15, Pages 3281-3290Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000433
Keywords
diffusiophoresis; double layer polarization; electrical double layer; electrokinetics; nanofluidics
Funding
- World Class University of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea [R32-2008-000-20082-0]
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The translation of a charged, elongated cylindrical nanoparticle along the axis of a nanopore driven by an imposed axial salt concentration gradient is investigated using a continuum theory, which consists of the ionic mass conservation equations for the ionic concentrations, the Poisson equation for the electric potential in the solution, and the modified Stokes equations for the hydrodynamic field. The diffusiophoretic motion is driven by the induced electrophoresis and chemiphoresis. The former is driven by the generated overall electric field arising from the difference in the ionic diffusivities and the double layer polarization, while the latter is generated by the induced osmotic pressure gradient around the charged particle. The induced diffusiophoretic motion is investigated as functions of the imposed salt concentration gradient, the ratio of the particle's radius to the double layer thickness, the cylinder's aspect ratio (length/radius), the ratio of the nanopore size to the particle size, the surface charge densities of the nanoparticle and the nanopore, and the type of the salt used. The induced diffusiophoretic motion of a nanorod in an un-charged nanopore is mainly governed by the induced electrophoresis, driven by the induced electric field arising from the double layer polarization. The induced particle motion is driven by the induced electroosmotic flow, if the charges of the nanorod and nanopore wall have the same sign.
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