Single polymer adsorption in shear: flattening versus hydrodynamic lift and corrugation effects

Details Single polymer adsorption in shear: flattening versus hydrodynamic lift and corrugation effects Single polymer adsorption in shear: flattening versus hydrodynamic lift and corrugation effects

2010-10-25

arxiv.org/abs/1010.5083v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

6 pages, 4 figures

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The adsorption of a single polymer to a flat surface in shear is investigated using Brownian hydrodynamics simulations and scaling arguments. Competing effects are disentangled: in the absence of hydrodynamic interactions, shear drag flattens the chain and thus enhances adsorption. Hydrodynamic lift on the other hand gives rise to long-ranged repulsion from the surface which preempts the surface-adsorbed state via a discontinuous desorption transition, in agreement with theoretical arguments. Chain flattening is dominated by hydrodynamic lift, so overall, shear flow weakens the adsorption of flexible polymers. Surface friction due to small-wavelength surface potential corrugations is argued to weaken the surface attraction as well.

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