Driven flow of a non-equilibrium non-conservative (NENC) system with a mixture of immiscible particles (A,B of molecular weight M-A, M-B) exhibits self-organizing patterns (segregation, phase-separation, etc.) in stea...
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Driven flow of a non-equilibrium non-conservative (NENC) system with a mixture of immiscible particles (A,B of molecular weight M-A, M-B) exhibits self-organizing patterns (segregation, phase-separation, etc.) in steady-state. The flow response (v) of mass flux density (j) to bias (H), v = partial derivative j/partial derivative H in steady-state is found to be sensitive to molecular weight ratio (alpha = M-B/M-A). While the flux density (j) responds linearly to bias for both components (A, B) at alpha = 1, onset of eruptive response occurs at extreme bias (H -> 1) at alpha > 1 where v -> infinity for heavier (B) and v -> -infinity for lighter (A) constituents. Difference in molecular weights (M-A, M-B) is not only critical to eruptive flow but also in controlling the flow response prior to this crossover.
Electrophoresis is one of the most important methods for separating colloidal particles, carbohydrates, pharmaceuticals, and biological molecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins, in terms of their charge ( or size). This m...
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Electrophoresis is one of the most important methods for separating colloidal particles, carbohydrates, pharmaceuticals, and biological molecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins, in terms of their charge ( or size). This method relies on the correlation between the particle drift velocity and the charge ( or size). For a high-resolution separation, we need to minimize fluctuations of the drift velocity of particles or molecules. For a high throughput, on the other hand, we need a concentrated solution, in which many-body electrostatic and hydrodynamic interactions may increase velocity fluctuations. Thus, it is crucial to reveal what physical factors destabilize the coherent electrophoretic motion of charged particles. However, this is not an easy task due to complex dynamic couplings between particle motion, hydrodynamic flow, and motion of ion clouds. Here we study this fundamental problem using numerical simulations. We reveal that addition of salt screens both electrostatic and hydrodynamic interactions, but in a different manner. This allows us to minimize the fluctuations of the particle drift velocity for a particular salt concentration. This may have an impact not only on the basic physical understanding of dynamics of driven charged colloids, but also on the optimization of electrophoretic separation. Copyright (c) EPLA, 2008.
We present a new formulation of dissipative particledynamics (DPD) that leads to correct hydrodynamics in flows around bluff bodies represented by a single particle. In particular, we introduce a shear drag coefficie...
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We present a new formulation of dissipative particledynamics (DPD) that leads to correct hydrodynamics in flows around bluff bodies represented by a single particle. In particular, we introduce a shear drag coefficient and a corresponding term in the dissipative force, which along with the angular momentum incorporate non-central shear forces between particles and preserve angular momentum. We consider several prototype flows to verify the performance of the proposed formulation with comparisons against theoretical and continuum-based simulation results. Our method is similar to the Fluid particle Method (FPM) of Espanol (Phys. Rev. E, 57 (1998) 2930) and it has the computational and implementation simplicity of the standard DPD approach. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2008
molecular diffusion in unidimensional channel structures (single-file diffusion) is important to understand the behavior of, e.g., colloidal particles in porous materials (zeolites) and superconducting vortices in 1-d...
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molecular diffusion in unidimensional channel structures (single-file diffusion) is important to understand the behavior of, e.g., colloidal particles in porous materials (zeolites) and superconducting vortices in 1-dimensional (1D) channels. Here the diffusion of charged massive particles in a 1D channel is investigated using the Langevin dynamics (LD) simulations. We analyze different regimes based on the hierarchy of the interactions and damping mechanisms in the system and we show that, contrary to previous findings, single-file diffusion depends on the inter-particle interaction and could be suppressed if the interaction is strong enough displaying a subdiffusive behavior slower than t(1/2), in agreement with recent experimental observations in colloids and charged metallic balls. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2007.
The formation of dislocations, disclinations and their dynamics is central to our understanding of crystalline materials. Here, the dynamics of these topological defects in two-dimensional (2D) clusters of charged cla...
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The formation of dislocations, disclinations and their dynamics is central to our understanding of crystalline materials. Here, the dynamics of these topological defects in two-dimensional (2D) clusters of charged classical particles interacting through a screened Coulomb potential is investigated through the molecular-dynamics (MD) simulation technique. The particles are confined by a harmonic potential and coupled to an Anderson heat reservoir. We investigate cooling rate effects on the defect dynamics by decreasing the temperature of the heat reservoir linear in time. We found that: i) the mobility of the defects strongly depends on the number of nearest neighbors and the nature of those defects, ii) geometrically induced defects have different dynamics than other defects because of spontaneous pinning of the defects at the corners of the hexagon, and iii) if the cooling speed is large enough, the system ends up in a non-equilibrium state and a glass-like structure is formed. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2007.
In this paper, the linear perturbation theory is used to study material instability in a classical elasto-plastic model. In this framework, the well known Rice criterion of bifurcation into localized modes is found to...
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In this paper, the linear perturbation theory is used to study material instability in a classical elasto-plastic model. In this framework, the well known Rice criterion of bifurcation into localized modes is found to be a limiting case corresponding to unbounded growth of perturbation. In the first part, derived expression of the critical plastic modulus is numerically plotted versus the spherical coordinates of the potential normal to the localization band in order to describe the whole space. In the second part, conditions of occurrence of the other types of instability are established, namely divergence and. utter types of instability, and modelling details influencing them checked. These conditions are also relative to the parameter of growth of perturbations which can be plotted versus the plastic modulus considered as the loading parameter. When several modes of instability are possible, an hierarchy is established.
A binary system of classical charged particles interacting through a dipole repulsive potential and confined in a two-dimensional hard-wall trap is studied by Brownian dynamicssimulations. We found that the presence ...
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A binary system of classical charged particles interacting through a dipole repulsive potential and confined in a two-dimensional hard-wall trap is studied by Brownian dynamicssimulations. We found that the presence of small particles stabilizes the angular order of the system as a consequence of radial fluctuations of the small particles. There is an optimum in the increased rigidity of the cluster as function of the number of small particles. The small (i.e. defect) particles melt at a lower temperature compared to the big particles and exhibit a reentrant behavior in its radial order that is induced by the intershell rotation of the big particles.
molecular-dynamicssimulations are used to sample the single-chain form factor of labelled sub-chains in model polymer networks under elongational strain. We observe very similar results for randomly cross-linked and ...
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molecular-dynamicssimulations are used to sample the single-chain form factor of labelled sub-chains in model polymer networks under elongational strain. We observe very similar results for randomly cross-linked and for randomly end-linked networks with the same average strand length and see no indication of lozenge-like scattering patterns reported for some experimental systems. Our data analysis shows that a recent variant of the tube model quantitatively describes scattering in the Guinier regime as well as the macroscopic elastic properties. The observed failure of the theory outside the Guinier regime is shown to be due to non-Gaussian pair-distance distributions.
We present molecular-dynamicssimulations on 1,4-polybutadiene performed approximate to 20K above the glass transition T-g and relate them to measurements of the dynamic structure factor obtained by neutron spin echo ...
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We present molecular-dynamicssimulations on 1,4-polybutadiene performed approximate to 20K above the glass transition T-g and relate them to measurements of the dynamic structure factor obtained by neutron spin echo spectroscopy. In real space the simulation data display two well-separated dynamical processes: anomalous diffusion and local hopping. A real-space analysis allows a unique identification of both processes. The obtained results lead to a rationalization of most of the various and very different experimental results reported so far in this system and facilitate a general understanding of why close to T-g the local dynamics may globally dominate the dynamic structure factor.
A parallel algorithm for moleculardynamics, MD, the Koradi point-centered decomposition algorithm, especially designed for inhomogeneous systems, is improved and applied to the organization and optimization of recycl...
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A parallel algorithm for moleculardynamics, MD, the Koradi point-centered decomposition algorithm, especially designed for inhomogeneous systems, is improved and applied to the organization and optimization of recycling costs of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, WEEE, and also to systems of atoms. This organization requires the numbers and locations of storage centers and recycling plants of the WEEE that minimize the recycling cost. The Koradi algorithm finds these optimal numbers and locations, dealing very fast with large numbers of data, in contrast with other methods. The changes of the original algorithm (different ways of generating the initial centers and especially the requirement of location convergence) improve its performance for this economic problem and also for MD simulations.
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