Electroosmotic Flow in a Capillary Annulus with High Zeta Potentials
β Scribed by Yuejun Kang; Chun Yang; Xiaoyang Huang
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 253
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9797
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β¦ Synopsis
The electroosmotic flow through an annulus is analyzed under the situation when the two cylindrical walls carry high zeta potentials. The analytical solutions for the electric potential profile and the electroosmotic flow field in the annulus are obtained by solving the Poisson-Boltzmann equation and the Stokes equation under an analytical scheme for the hyperbolic sine function. A mathematical expression for the average electroosmotic velocity is derived in a fashion similar to the Smoluchowski equation. Hence, a correction formula is introduced to modify the Smoluchowski equation, taking into account contributions due to the finite thickness of the electric double layer (EDL) and the geometry ratio-dependent correction. Specifically, under a circumstance when the two annular walls are oppositely charged, the flow direction can be determined from the sign of such correction formula, and there exists a zero-velocity plane inside the annulus. With the assumption of large electrokinetic diameters, the location of the zero-velocity plane can be estimated from the analytical expression for the velocity distribution. In addition, the characteristics of the electroosmotic flow through the annulus are discussed under the influences of the EDL parameters and geometric ratio of the inner radius to the outer radius of the annulus.
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