Diffusion of nano-rods

Abstract

Abstract Diffusion behaviors in nano-rods suspension in the fluid are investigated by Stochastic Eulerian Lagrangian Methods, where the degrees of freedom for coarse-grained microstructure are coupled with continuum stochastic field to capture both the relaxation of hydrodynamic modes and thermal fluctuations. The diffusion characteristics of a single rod and multi-rods are examined with hydrodynamic interaction in three dimensions. For a single rod, the mean square displacement is verified by comparing with prior experimental results. The effects of hydrodynamic interactions on the translational and rotational diffusivity with different aspect ratios are represented by velocity auto-correlation function and the orientational auto-correlation functions. For multi-rods cases, we obtained their diffusion in the ballistic and the short-time regime. The comparison between the SELM and the Langevin method confirms the hydrodynamic effect.