Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2009-08-10
Phys. Rev. E 80, 021409 (2009).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
11 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.80.021409
Selectivity of particles in a region of space can be achieved by applying external potentials to influence the particles in that region. We investigate static and dynamical properties of size selectivity in binary fluid mixtures of two particles sizes. We find that by applying an external potential that is attractive to both kinds of particles, due to crowding effects, this can lead to one species of particles being expelled from that region, whilst the other species is attracted into the region where the potential is applied. This selectivity of one species of particle over the other in a localized region of space depends on the density and composition of the fluid mixture. Applying an external potential that repels both kinds of particles leads to selectivity of the opposite species of particles to the selectivity with attractive potentials. We use equilibrium and dynamical density functional theory to describe and understand the static and dynamical properties of this striking phenomenon. Selectivity by some ion-channels is believed to be due to this effect.
Archer Andrew J.
Rauscher Markus
Roth Roland
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