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Enhancing rotational diffusion using oscillatory shear

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

B.D. Leahy
X. Cheng
D.C. Ong
C. Liddell-Watson
Itai Cohen

Abstract

Taylor dispersion - shear-induced enhancement of translational diffusion - is an important phenomenon with applications ranging from pharmacology to geology. Through experiments and simulations, we show that rotational diffusion is also enhanced for anisotropic particles in oscillatory shear. This enhancement arises from variations in the particle's rotation (Jeffery orbit) and depends on the strain amplitude, rate, and particle aspect ratio in a manner that is distinct from the translational diffusion. This separate tunability of translational and rotational diffusion opens the door to new techniques for controlling positions and orientations of suspended anisotropic colloids. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Volume

110

Issue

22

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84878378002&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevLett.110.228301&partnerID=40&md5=580e6f83876a992d1506289b05db2e55

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.228301

Group (Lab)

Itai Cohen Group

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