Diffusion of spherical particles in microcavities

Details Diffusion of spherical particles in microcavities Diffusion of spherical particles in microcavities

2011-03-25

arxiv.org/abs/1103.4939v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

accepted by JCP

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The diffusive motion of a colloidal particle trapped inside a small cavity filled with fluid is reduced by hydrodynamic interactions with the confining walls. In this work, we study these wall effects on a spherical particle entrapped in a closed cylinder. We calculate the diffusion coefficient along the radial, azimuthal and axial direction for different particle positions. At all locations the diffusion is smaller than in a bulk fluid and it becomes anisotropic near the container's walls. We present a simple model which reasonably well desribes the simulation results for the given dimensions of the cylinder, which are taken from recent experimental work.

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