(382a) AC Electrokinetics of Conducting Micro- and Nano- Particles
AIChE Annual Meeting
2015
2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings
2015 Annual Meeting of the AES Electrophoresis Society
Plenary Session: AES Electrophoresis Society
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 3:15pm to 3:45pm
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Electrokinetics of conducting micro- and nano- particles?
by Antonio Ramos
Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo, Universidad Sevilla, Spain
We examine the motion induced on conducting micro- and nano- particles
suspended in electrolyte by AC electric fields. Specifically, we study the
translational motion (dielectrophoresis) and the rotational motion
(electrorotation or electro-orientation) of conducting spheres and rods.
Because the particles are in electrolyte, the applied AC electric fields induce
charge in the electrical double layer at the particle-electrolyte interface. Particle
motion is due to both the electric field interaction with the induced dipole on
the particle and the induced-charge electro-osmotic flow around the particle. The
importance of the characteristic RC time to charge the double layer capacitance
through the electrolyte resistance is highlighted. Experimental measurements of
AC Electrokinetics of metal particles are presented and compared with actual
theory, providing a comprehensive study of the relative importance between particle motion due to electrical forces applied
directly on the particle (force and torque on induced dipole) and electrical
forces applied on the liquid and transmitted to the particle by viscous forces
(induced-charge electro-phoresis).
Figure. Electrorotation (left) and Electro-orientation (right) spectra of metal
nanowires. Continuous lines
come from dipole theory. (See refs. 1 and 2 for details).
References
1. JJ Arcenegui, P García-Sánchez, H Morgan, A Ramos, Phys Rev E, 88, 033025 (2013)
2. JJ Arcenegui, P García-Sánchez, H Morgan, A Ramos, Phys Rev E, 88, 063018 (2013)
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