A numerical analysis of finite Debye-length effects in induced-charge electro-osmosis

Details A numerical analysis of finite Debye-length effects in induced-charge electro-osmosis A numerical analysis of finite Debye-length effects in induced-charge electro-osmosis

2009-02-23

arxiv.org/abs/0902.3952v1

Physical Review E 79, 066316 (2009)

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

11 pages, Revtex, 7 eps figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.79.066316

For a microchamber filled with a binary electrolyte and containing a flat un-biased center electrode at one wall, we employ three numerical models to study the strength of the resulting induced-charge electro-osmotic (ICEO) flow rolls: (i) a full nonlinear continuum model resolving the double layer, (ii) a linear slip-velocity model not resolving the double layer and without tangential charge transport inside this layer, and (iii) a nonlinear slip-velocity model extending the linear model by including the tangential charge transport inside the double layer. We show that compared to the full model, the slip-velocity models significantly overestimate the ICEO flow. This provides a partial explanation of the quantitative discrepancy between observed and calculated ICEO velocities reported in the literature. The discrepancy increases significantly for increasing Debye length relative to the electrode size, i.e. for nanofluidic systems. However, even for electrode dimensions in the micrometer range, the discrepancies in velocity due to the finite Debye length can be more than 10% for an electrode of zero height and more than 100% for electrode heights comparable to the Debye length.

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