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Flow injection of branched polymers inside nanopores

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Flexible chains (linear or branched) can be forced to enter into a narrow capillary by using a hydrodynamic flow. Here, we correct our earlier description of this problem by considering the progressive nature of the suction process. We find that the critical current for penetration, J c , is controlled by the entry of a single blob of the capillary size, and that its scaling structure is the same for branched and linear chains.

Source: Europhysics Letters (EPL)

DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10190-3

Authors: T Sakaue, E Raphaël, P.-G. de Gennes, F Brochard-Wyart

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Collège de France, Institut Curie

Language: English

Topic: Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1987829491

FWCI: 0.723

Cites: 8

Cited by: 59

Related to: 10