Drag Force for Asymmetrically Grafted Colloids in Polymer Solutions

We consider the situation in which a colloidal particle modifies locally the solvent leading to a spatially dependent viscosity. This situation is typical for colloidal particles in crowded environment, for example DNA-grafted particles in a polymer solution, or a hot particle which implies a temper...

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Main Authors: Matthias Werner, Paolo Margaretti, Anna Maciołek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2019.00122/full