Single polymer adsorption in shear: flattening versus hydrodynamic lift and corrugation effects
Abstract
The adsorption of a single polymer to a flat surface in shear is investigated using Brownian hydrodynamics simulations and scaling arguments. Competing effects are disentangled: in the absence of hydrodynamic interactions, shear drag flattens the chain and thus enhances adsorption. Hydrodynamic lift on the other hand gives rise to long-ranged repulsion from the surface which preempts the surface-adsorbed state via a discontinuous desorption transition, in agreement with theoretical arguments. Chain flattening is dominated by hydrodynamic lift, so overall, shear flow weakens the adsorption of flexible polymers. Surface friction due to small-wavelength surface potential corrugations is argued to weaken the surface attraction as well.
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@article{arxiv.1010.5083,
title = {Single polymer adsorption in shear: flattening versus hydrodynamic lift and corrugation effects},
author = {Andreas Serr and Christian Sendner and Florian Mueller and Thomas R. Einert and Roland R. Netz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.5083},
year = {2015}
}
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6 pages, 4 figures