Electro-viscous effects in capillary filling of nanochannels

dc.creatorMortensen, Niels Asger
dc.creatorKristensen, Anders
dc.date2008-02-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:20:44Z
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dc.descriptionWe theoretically examine the widespread hypothesis of an electro-viscous origin of the increase in apparent viscosity observed in recent experiments on capillary filling of nanochannels. Including Debye-layer corrections to the hydraulic resistance we find that the apparent viscosity reaches a maximum in the mesoscopic regime where the channel height (or more generally the hydraulic radius) is comparable to the screening length. However, for realistic estimates of central parameters, we find that the electro-viscous contribution to the apparent viscosity is at most a 1% effect.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0802.1967
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0802.1967
dc.identifierAppl. Phys. Lett. 92, 063110 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2857470
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/154815
dc.subjectFluid Dynamics
dc.titleElectro-viscous effects in capillary filling of nanochannels
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