Separation of microscale chiral objects by shear flow

Details Separation of microscale chiral objects by shear flow Separation of microscale chiral objects by shear flow

2010-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/1004.0845v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 158103 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.158103

We show that plane parabolic flow in a microfluidic channel causes nonmotile helically-shaped bacteria to drift perpendicular to the shear plane. Net drift results from the preferential alignment of helices with streamlines, with a direction that depends on the chirality of the helix and the sign of the shear rate. The drift is in good agreement with a model based on resistive force theory, and separation is efficient (>80%) and fast (<2s). We estimate the effect of Brownian rotational diffusion on chiral separation and show how this method can be extended to separate chiral molecules.

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