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Title: Ionic diffusioosmotic transport in nanochannels grafted with pH-responsive polyelectrolyte brushes modeled using augmented strong stretching theory

Journal Article · · Physics of Fluids
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5143661· OSTI ID:1615506

In this paper, we study the diffusioosmotic (DOS) transport in a nanochannel grafted with pH-responsive polyelectrolyte (PE) brushes and establish brush-functionalization-driven enhancement in induced nanofluidic electric field and electrokinetic transport. The PE brushes are modelled using our recently developed augmented strong stretching theory (SST). We consider the generation of the DOS transport due to the imposition of a salt concentration gradient along the length of the nanochannel. The presence of the salt concentration gradient induces an electric field that has an osmotic (associated with the flow-driven migration of the ions in the induced electric double layer) and an ionic (associated with the conduction current) component. These two components evolve in a manner such that the electric field in the brush-grafted nanochannel is larger (smaller) in magnitude than that in the brush-less nanochannels for the case where the electric field is positive (negative). Furthermore, we quantify the DOS flow velocity and establish that for most of the parameter choices, the DOS velocity, which is a combination of the induced pressure-gradient-driven chemiosmotic component and the induced electric field driven electroosmotic transport, is significantly larger for the nanochannels grafted with backbone-charged PE brushes (i.e., brushes where the charge is distributed along the entire length of the brushes) as compared to brush-free nanochannels or nanochannels grafted with PE brushes containing charges on their non-grafted ends.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0017741
OSTI ID:
1615506
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1615403
Journal Information:
Physics of Fluids, Vol. 32, Issue 4; ISSN 1070-6631
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 10 works
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