Entropic Splitter for Particle Separation

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2011-12-05

arxiv.org/abs/1112.0874v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 020604 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.020604

We present a particle separation mechanism which induces motion of particles of different sizes in opposite directions. The mechanism is based on the combined action of a driving force and an entropic rectification of the Brownian fluctuations caused by the asymmetric form of the channel along which particles proceed. The entropic splitting effect shown could be controlled upon variation of the geometrical parameters of the channel and could be implemented in narrow channels and microfluidic devices.

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