Nanoscale Electroviscous Lift Force
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| author | Zhang, Hao Zhang, Zaicheng Guérin, Thomas Maali, Abdelhamid |
| author_facet | Zhang, Hao Zhang, Zaicheng Guérin, Thomas Maali, Abdelhamid |
| contents | About forty years ago, it has been predicted that a charged particle, moving parallel to a charged wall in an electrolyte, should experience a lift force that, contrarily to electrostatic forces, is not screened at large distances. Up to now, such electroviscous lift force has not been directly measured. Here, we use Atomic Force Microscopy to directly measure the electroviscous lift force and quantify its dependency with the distance to the wall, the translation velocity or the particle's size. Observing that existing theories exhibit large discrepancies with our experimental observations, we develop an analytical approach combining lubrication theory to a previously introduced formalism for small screening length. The experimentally observed lift forces are in good agreement with our theoretical predictions and reveal, for the first time, a saturation of the lift force for increasing velocities. Altogether, our results characterize, through direct measurements and analytical approach, the properties of electroviscous forces between charged particles in viscous electrolytes in non-equilibrium conditions. |
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| spellingShingle | Nanoscale Electroviscous Lift Force Zhang, Hao Zhang, Zaicheng Guérin, Thomas Maali, Abdelhamid Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Fluid Dynamics About forty years ago, it has been predicted that a charged particle, moving parallel to a charged wall in an electrolyte, should experience a lift force that, contrarily to electrostatic forces, is not screened at large distances. Up to now, such electroviscous lift force has not been directly measured. Here, we use Atomic Force Microscopy to directly measure the electroviscous lift force and quantify its dependency with the distance to the wall, the translation velocity or the particle's size. Observing that existing theories exhibit large discrepancies with our experimental observations, we develop an analytical approach combining lubrication theory to a previously introduced formalism for small screening length. The experimentally observed lift forces are in good agreement with our theoretical predictions and reveal, for the first time, a saturation of the lift force for increasing velocities. Altogether, our results characterize, through direct measurements and analytical approach, the properties of electroviscous forces between charged particles in viscous electrolytes in non-equilibrium conditions. |
| title | Nanoscale Electroviscous Lift Force |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12832 |