Artículo
Wall Repulsion during Electrophoresis: Testing the Theory of Concentration-Polarization Electroosmosis
Autor/es | Fernández Mateo, Raúl
Morgan, Hywel Ramos Reyes, Antonio García Sánchez, Pablo |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo |
Fecha de publicación | 2023 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-01-30 |
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Resumen | We experimentally study the repulsion of charged microscopic particles with the channel walls during electrophoresis in microfluidic devices. For low frequencies of the electric fields (< 10 kHz), this repulsion is mainly ... We experimentally study the repulsion of charged microscopic particles with the channel walls during electrophoresis in microfluidic devices. For low frequencies of the electric fields (< 10 kHz), this repulsion is mainly due to the hydrodynamic interaction caused by the flow vortices that arise from the slip velocity induced by the electric field on the particle surface, as shown in a recent publication [Fernandez-Mateo et al., Physical Review Letters, 128, 074501, (2022)]. The maximum slip velocity on the particle surface is inferred from measurements of wall-particle separation. Importantly, this procedure allows us to infer very small slip velocities that otherwise are too weak to be measured directly. Data at small electric field amplitudes (E0) agree with theoretical predictions using the model of Concentration Polarization Electroosmosis (CPEO), which has recently been proposed as the mechanism behind the flow vortices on the surface of the particles. Data for higher electric fields show that the predictions of the CPEO theory for weak electric fields are not valid beyond E0 ∼ 60 kV/m. Additionally, we also show that, for sufficiently strong electric fields, the quadrupolar flow structures become disrupted, leading to a weaker wall repulsion. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España Agencia Estatal de Investigación. España European Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) |
Identificador del proyecto | PGC2018-099217-B-I00 |
Cita | Fernandez Mateo, R., Morgan, H., Ramos Reyes, A. y García Sánchez, P. (2023). Wall Repulsion during Electrophoresis: Testing the Theory of Concentration-Polarization Electroosmosis. Physics of Fluids, 35 (1), 012019. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0134307. |
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