Modulating selective ionic enrichment and depletion zones in straight nanochannels via the interplay of surface charge modulation and electric field mediated fluid‐thickening

Author:

Bhattacharya Anindita1,Chakraborty Suman1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur India

Abstract

AbstractWe report the possibilities of achieving highly controlled segregation of ion‐enriched and ion‐depleted regions in straight nanochannels. This is achieved via harnessing the interplay of an axial gradient of the induced transverse electric field on account of electrical double layer phenomenon and the localized thickening of the fluid because of intensified electric fields due to the large spatial gradients of the electrical potential in extreme confinements. By considering alternate surface patches of different charge densities over pre‐designed axial spans, we illustrate how these effects can be exploited to realize selectively ion‐enriched and ion‐depleted zones. Physically, this is attributed to setting up of an axial concentration gradient that delves on the ionic advection due to the combined effect of an externally applied electric field and induced back‐pressure gradient along the channel axis and electro‐migration due to the combinatorial influences of the applied and the induced electrostatic fields. With an explicit handle on the pertinent parameters, our results offer insights on the possible means of imposing delicate controls on the solute‐enrichment and depletion phenomena, a paradigm that remained unexplored thus far.

Funder

Science and Engineering Research Board

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Clinical Biochemistry,Biochemistry,Analytical Chemistry

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