Self-diffusion of Rod-like Viruses Through Smectic Layer

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2007-10-31

arxiv.org/abs/0710.5889v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

latex, 4 pages, 4 figures, accepted in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.197802

We report the direct visualization at the scale of single particles of mass transport between smectic layers, also called permeation, in a suspension of rod-like viruses. Self-diffusion takes place preferentially in the direction normal to the smectic layers, and occurs by quasi-quantized steps of one rod length. The diffusion rate corresponds with the rate calculated from the diffusion in the nematic state with a lamellar periodic ordering potential that is obtained experimentally.

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