Diffusion of particles in polymer solutions

Condensed Matter lunchtime seminar

Diffusion of particles in polymer solutions

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The literature on this subject is a mess. Most studies do not pay enough attention to the fact that the polymer solution is not simply a continuous viscous medium but rather that it has its own structure and dynamics which directly affect the diffusion (Brownian motion) of an immersed particle. A notable exception is the recent paper of Cohen Stuart and co-workers [1] who discuss the process as a ''caging'' of the particle by the polymer. I will review this work, starting with a reminder of the cage picture of diffusion in concentrated particle suspensions. van der Gucht et al., PRE 67, 051106, 2003

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