How Flow Changes Polymer Depletion in a Slit

Details How Flow Changes Polymer Depletion in a Slit How Flow Changes Polymer Depletion in a Slit

2012-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/1202.1583v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

10 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

A theoretical model is developed for predicting dynamic polymer depletion effects under the influence of fluid flow. The results are established by combining the two-fluid model and the self-consistent field theory. We consider a uniform fluid flow across a slit containing a solution with polymer chains. The two parallel and infinitely long walls are permeable to solvent only and the polymers do not adsorb to these walls. For a weak flow and a narrow slit in Theta-solvent conditions, an analytic expression is derived to describe the steady state polymer concentration profiles. In both Theta- and good-solvents, we compute the time evolution of the concentration profiles for various flow rates characterized by the Peclet number. The model reveals the interplay of depletion, solvent condition, slit width, and relative strength of the fluid flow.

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