Dynamic superconcentration at critical-point double-layer gates of conducting nanoporous granules due to asymmetric tangential fluxes
- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Biomicrofluidics
- Vol. 2 (1), 014102
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904640
Abstract
A transient 106-fold concentration of double-layer counterions by a high-intensity electric field is demonstrated at the exit pole of a millimeter-sized conducting nanoporous granule that permits ion permeation. The phenomenon is attributed to a unique counterion screening dynamics that transforms half of the surface field into a converging one toward the ejecting pole. The resulting surface conduction flux then funnels a large upstream electro-osmotic convective counterion flux into the injecting hemisphere toward the zero-dimensional gate of the ejecting hemisphere to produce the superconcentration. As the concentrated counterion is ejected into the electroneutral bulk electrolyte, it attracts co-ions and produce a corresponding concentration of the co-ions. This mechanism is also shown to trap and concentrate co-ion microcolloids of micron sizes too (macroions) and hence has potential application in bead-based molecular assays.Keywords
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