Long-lived anomalous thermal diffusion induced by elastic cell membranes on nearby particles

A Daddi-Moussa-Ider, A Guckenberger, S Gekle - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
The physical approach of a small particle (virus, medical drug) to the cell membrane
represents the crucial first step before active internalization and is governed by thermal …

Holographic measurements of anisotropic three-dimensional diffusion of colloidal clusters

J Fung, VN Manoharan - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2013 - APS
We measure all nonzero elements of the three-dimensional diffusion tensor D for clusters of
colloidal spheres to a precision of 1% or better using digital holographic microscopy. We …

[HTML][HTML] Brownian dynamics of confined suspensions of active microrollers

F Balboa Usabiaga, B Delmotte… - The Journal of chemical …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We develop efficient numerical methods for performing many-body Brownian dynamics
simulations of a recently observed fingering instability in an active suspension of colloidal …

Interplay between short‐and long‐ranged forces leading to the formation of Ag nanoparticle superlattice

J Lee, E Nakouzi, D Xiao, Z Wu, M Song, C Ophus… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticle (NP) superlattices have attracted increasing attention due to their unique
physicochemical properties. However, key questions persist regarding the correlation …

Confined Brownian suspensions: Equilibrium diffusion, thermodynamics, and rheology

AM Sunol, RN Zia - Journal of Rheology, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We examine the impact of confinement on the structure, dynamics, and rheology of
spherically confined macromolecular suspensions, with a focus on the role played by …

Particle mobility between two planar elastic membranes: Brownian motion and membrane deformation

A Daddi-Moussa-Ider, A Guckenberger, S Gekle - Physics of Fluids, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We study the motion of a solid particle immersed in a Newtonian fluid and confined between
two parallel elastic membranes possessing shear and bending rigidity. The hydrodynamic …

Hindered diffusion near fluid–solid interfaces: Comparison of molecular dynamics to continuum hydrodynamics

CC Chio, YLS Tse - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Studying the near-wall hindered diffusion of a particle suspended in a fluid is critical for
understanding other more complex, confined systems. We provide a review of the previous …

Brownian motion near an elastic cell membrane: A theoretical study

A Daddi-Moussa-Ider, S Gekle - The European Physical Journal E, 2018 - Springer
Elastic confinements are an important component of many biological systems and dictate the
transport properties of suspended particles under flow. In this paper, we review the …

Hydrodynamic interaction between particles near elastic interfaces

A Daddi-Moussa-Ider, S Gekle - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We present an analytical calculation of the hydrodynamic interaction between two spherical
particles near an elastic interface such as a cell membrane. The theory predicts the …

An expanded state diagram for the directed self-assembly of colloidal suspensions in toggled fields

H Kim, M Sau, EM Furst - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
The suspension structure and assembly kinetics of micrometer-diameter paramagnetic
spheres in toggled magnetic fields are investigated at a constant field strength H= 1750A· m …