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Like-charge attraction through hydrodynamic interaction

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate that the attractive interaction measured between like-charged colloidal spheres near a wall can be accounted for by a nonequilibrium hydrodynamic effect. We present both analytical results and Brownian dynamics simulations which quantitatively capture the one-wall experiments of Larsen and Grier (Nature 385, p. 230, 1997).

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0003195,
  title  = {Like-charge attraction through hydrodynamic interaction},
  author = {Todd M. Squires and Michael P. Brenner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0003195},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures