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  • Title: Effect of double-layer polarization on the forces that act on a nanosized cylindrical particle in an ac electrical field.
    Author: Zhao H, Bau HH.
    Journal: Langmuir; 2008 Jun 17; 24(12):6050-9. PubMed ID: 18476669.
    Abstract:
    The polarization of, the forces acting on, and the electroosmotic flow field around a cylindrical particle of radius a* and uniform zeta potential zeta* submerged in an electrolyte solution and subjected to alternating electric fields are computed by solving the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations (the standard model). The dipole coefficient and the electrostatic and hydrodynamic forces are calculated as functions of the electric field's frequency, the solute concentration, and the particle's surface charge. The calculations are not restricted to small Debye screening lengths (lambdaD*). At relatively low frequencies, the polarization coefficient is nearly frequency-independent. As the frequency increases above D*/a*(2), where D* is the effective diffusion coefficient, the polarization coefficient initially increases, attains a maximum, and then decreases to an asymptotic value (when the frequency exceeds (1+Du)D*/lambdaD(*2), where Du is the Dukhin number). At low frequencies, when (lambdaD*/a*)(2)e(|zeta*F*/(2R*T*)|) << 1, the PNP calculations are in excellent agreement with the predictions of the Dukhin-Shilov (DS) low-frequency theory. At high frequencies, when lambda D*/a* << 1, the PNP calculations are in excellent agreement with the Maxwell-Wagner-O'Konski (MWO) theory.
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