Transport in polymer-gel composites: theoretical methodology and response to an electric field

DOI10.1017/S0022112005008517zbMATH Open1086.76076arXivcond-mat/0506721MaRDI QIDQ5289867FDOQ5289867

Authors: Reghan J. Hill 

Publication date: 19 April 2006

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A theoretical model of electromigrative, diffusive and convectivetransport polymer-gel composites is presented. Bulk properties are derived from the standard electrokinetic model with an impenetrable charged sphere embedded in an electrolyte-saturated Brinkman medium. Because the microstructure can be carefully controlled, these materials are promising candidates for enhanced gel-electrophoresis, chemical sensing, drug delivery, and microfluidic pumping technologies. The methodology provides `exact' solutions for situations where perturbations from equilibrium are induced by gradients of electrostatic potential, concentration and pressure. While the volume fraction of the inclusions should be small, Maxwell's well-known theory of conduction suggests that the theory may also be accurate at moderate volume fractions. In this work, the model is used to compute ion fluxes, electrical current density, and convective flow induced by an applied electric field. The electric-field-induced (electro-osmotic) flow is a sensitive indicator of the inclusion zeta-potential and size, electrolyte concentration, and Darcy permeability of the gel, while the electrical conductivity increment is most often independent of the polymer gel, and is much less sensitive to particle and electrolyte characteristics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506721

Recommendations

• Dynamic electric-field-induced response of charged spherical colloids in uncharged hydrogels
• Steady electrodiffusion in hydrogel-colloid composites: macroscale properties from microscale electrokinetics
• Ionic conductivity and hydrodynamic permeability of inhomogeneous (cavity doped) polyelectrolyte hydrogels
• Charge transport through a spatially periodic porous medium : electrokinetic and convective dispersion phenomena
• Flow of electrolytes in a porous medium

zbMATH Keywords

Darcy permeabilityelectro-osmotic flowelectrolyte-saturated Brinkman medium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

Cited In (7)

• A model of ion transport in conjugated polymers
• Dynamic electric-field-induced response of charged spherical colloids in uncharged hydrogels
• Ionic conductivity and hydrodynamic permeability of inhomogeneous (cavity doped) polyelectrolyte hydrogels
• Steady electrodiffusion in hydrogel-colloid composites: macroscale properties from microscale electrokinetics
• Dimensionality-induced effects on transport properties of poly(G)-poly(C)
• An investigation of the transient electrophoresis of conducting colloidal particles in porous media using a cell model
• Transient electrophoresis of a conducting cylindrical colloidal particle suspended in a Brinkman medium

This page was built for publication: Transport in polymer-gel composites: theoretical methodology and response to an electric field

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5289867)