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Hydrodynamic Coupling of Two Brownian Spheres to a Planar Surface

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: We describe direct imaging measurements of the collective and relative diffusion of two colloidal spheres near a flat plate. The bounding surface modifies the spheres' dynamics, even at separations of tens of radii. This behavior is captured by a stokeslet analysis of fluid flow driven by the spheres' and wall's no-slip boundary conditions. In particular, this analysis reveals surprising asymmetry in the normal modes for pair diffusion near a flat surface.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.3317

Authors: Eric R. Dufresne, Todd M. Squires, Michael P. Brenner, David G. Grier

Institutions: University of Chicago, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Micro and Nano Robotics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1997112806

FWCI: 7.023

Cites: 23

Cited by: 250

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