Accumulation of Colloidal Particles in Flow Junctions Induced by Fluid Flow and Diffusiophoresis
Abstract
The flow of solutions containing solutes and colloidal particles in porous media is widely found in systems including underground aquifers, hydraulic fractures, estuarine or coastal habitats, water filtration systems, etc. In such systems, solute gradients occur when there is a local change in the solute concentration. While the effects of solute gradients have been found to be important for many applications, we observe an unexpected colloidal behavior in porous media driven by the combination of solute gradients and the fluid flow. When two flows with different solute concentrations are in contact near a junction, a sharp solute gradient is formed at the interface, which may allow strong diffusiophoresis of the particles directed against the flow. Consequently, the particles accumulate near the pore entrance, rapidly approaching the packing limit. These colloidal dynamics have important implications for the clogging of a porous medium, where particles that are orders of magnitude smaller than the pore width can accumulate and block the pores within a short period of time. As a result, we also show that this effect can be exploited as a useful tool for preconcentrating biomolecules for rapid bioassays.
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1409141
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1409252
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- AC05-00OR22725
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- Journal Article: Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. X
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- Journal Name: Physical Review. X Journal Volume: 7 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2160-3308
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- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Shin, Sangwoo, Ault, Jesse T., Warren, Patrick B., and Stone, Howard A. Accumulation of Colloidal Particles in Flow Junctions Induced by Fluid Flow and Diffusiophoresis. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041038.
Shin, Sangwoo, Ault, Jesse T., Warren, Patrick B., & Stone, Howard A. Accumulation of Colloidal Particles in Flow Junctions Induced by Fluid Flow and Diffusiophoresis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041038
Shin, Sangwoo, Ault, Jesse T., Warren, Patrick B., and Stone, Howard A. 2017.
"Accumulation of Colloidal Particles in Flow Junctions Induced by Fluid Flow and Diffusiophoresis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041038.
@article{osti_1409141,
title = {Accumulation of Colloidal Particles in Flow Junctions Induced by Fluid Flow and Diffusiophoresis},
author = {Shin, Sangwoo and Ault, Jesse T. and Warren, Patrick B. and Stone, Howard A.},
abstractNote = {The flow of solutions containing solutes and colloidal particles in porous media is widely found in systems including underground aquifers, hydraulic fractures, estuarine or coastal habitats, water filtration systems, etc. In such systems, solute gradients occur when there is a local change in the solute concentration. While the effects of solute gradients have been found to be important for many applications, we observe an unexpected colloidal behavior in porous media driven by the combination of solute gradients and the fluid flow. When two flows with different solute concentrations are in contact near a junction, a sharp solute gradient is formed at the interface, which may allow strong diffusiophoresis of the particles directed against the flow. Consequently, the particles accumulate near the pore entrance, rapidly approaching the packing limit. These colloidal dynamics have important implications for the clogging of a porous medium, where particles that are orders of magnitude smaller than the pore width can accumulate and block the pores within a short period of time. As a result, we also show that this effect can be exploited as a useful tool for preconcentrating biomolecules for rapid bioassays.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041038},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1409141},
journal = {Physical Review. X},
issn = {2160-3308},
number = 4,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Thu Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2017}
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