中国物理B ›› 2022, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (10): 104702-104702.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac754d

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Active thermophoresis and diffusiophoresis

Huan Liang(梁欢)1,2, Peng Liu(刘鹏)1,2,3, Fangfu Ye(叶方富)1,2,3,4,†, and Mingcheng Yang(杨明成)1,2,4,‡   

  1. 1. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China;
    2. School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3. Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou 325001, China;
    4. Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
  • 收稿日期:2022-05-12 修回日期:2022-05-25 出版日期:2022-10-16 发布日期:2022-09-24
  • 通讯作者: Fangfu Ye, Mingcheng Yang E-mail:fye@iphy.ac.cn;mcyang@iphy.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11874397) and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB33000000).

Active thermophoresis and diffusiophoresis

Huan Liang(梁欢)1,2, Peng Liu(刘鹏)1,2,3, Fangfu Ye(叶方富)1,2,3,4,†, and Mingcheng Yang(杨明成)1,2,4,‡   

  1. 1. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China;
    2. School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3. Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou 325001, China;
    4. Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
  • Received:2022-05-12 Revised:2022-05-25 Online:2022-10-16 Published:2022-09-24
  • Contact: Fangfu Ye, Mingcheng Yang E-mail:fye@iphy.ac.cn;mcyang@iphy.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11874397) and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB33000000).

摘要: Thermophoresis and diffusiophoresis respectively refer to the directed drift of suspended particles in solutions with external thermal and chemical gradients, which have been widely used in the manipulation of mesoscopic particles. We here study a phoretic-like motion of a passive colloidal particle immersed in inhomogeneous active baths, where the thermal and chemical gradients are replaced separately by activity and concentration gradients of the active particles. By performing simulations, we show that the passive colloidal particle experiences phoretic-like forces that originate from its interactions with the inhomogeneous active fluid, and thus drifts along the gradient field, leading to an accumulation. The results are similar to the traditional phoretic effects occurring in passive colloidal suspensions, implying that the concepts of thermophoresis and diffusiophoresis could be generalized into active baths.

关键词: active matter, colloid, thermophoresis, diffusiophoresis

Abstract: Thermophoresis and diffusiophoresis respectively refer to the directed drift of suspended particles in solutions with external thermal and chemical gradients, which have been widely used in the manipulation of mesoscopic particles. We here study a phoretic-like motion of a passive colloidal particle immersed in inhomogeneous active baths, where the thermal and chemical gradients are replaced separately by activity and concentration gradients of the active particles. By performing simulations, we show that the passive colloidal particle experiences phoretic-like forces that originate from its interactions with the inhomogeneous active fluid, and thus drifts along the gradient field, leading to an accumulation. The results are similar to the traditional phoretic effects occurring in passive colloidal suspensions, implying that the concepts of thermophoresis and diffusiophoresis could be generalized into active baths.

Key words: active matter, colloid, thermophoresis, diffusiophoresis

中图分类号:  (Complex fluids and colloidal systems)

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