The effects of quenched disorder on the overdamped motion of a driven particle on a periodic, asymmetric potential are studied. While for the unperturbed potential the transport is due to a regular drift, the quenched disorder induces a significant additional chaotic "diffusive" motion. Possible applications to experiments in nanoscale surfaces and particle separation are discussed.

This paper presents analysis and design of feedback control laws for stabilization of parallel and circular trajectories of a network of self-propelled particles. Timescale separation of inter-particle alignment and spacing controls permits application of previous convergence results for oscillator phase synchronization and particle motion.

Nanoparticles have potential applications in many areas such as consumer products, health care, electronics, energy and other industries. As the use of nanoparticles in manufacturing increases, we anticipate a growing need to detect and measure particles of nanometer scale dimensions in fluids to control emissions of possible toxic nanoparticles. At present most particle separation techniques a...

Experiments of particle-laden inclined film flow [Zhou, Dupuy, Bertozzi, and Hosoi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005)] have displayed different settling behaviors depending on the particle concentration φ and angle of inclination θ, in which particles accumulate on the substrate or near the advancing contact line, or remain mixed. Zhou et al. presented a lubrication model that captures the qualitative...

Multiarm hydrogel microparticles with varying geometry are fabricated to specifically capture cells expressing epithelial cell adhesion molecule. Results show that particle shape influences cell-capture efficiency due to differences in surface area, hydrodynamic effects, and steric constraints. These findings can lead to improved particle design for cell separation and diagnostic applications.

The separation energy and half-life of some heavy proton emitting nuclei, and the single-particle structure of the unbound 11N , have been evaluated by implementing a careful numerical treatment to solve Schrödinger equation in a continuum discretization context. The basic scheme behind the method consists in using the ground-state proton emitter in connection with an isolated single-particle r...

Laser separation of particles is achieved using forces resulting from the momentum exchange between particles and photons constituting the laser radiation. Particles can experience different optical forces depending on their size and/or optical properties, such as refractive index. Thus, particles can move at different speeds in the presence of an optical force, leading to spatial separations. ...

Atmospheric particles containing organic species and inorganic salts may undergo liquid–liquid phase separation when the relative humidity varies between high and low values. To better understand the parameters that affect liquid–liquid phase separation in atmospheric particles, we studied the effects of molecular weight and temperature on liquid–liquid phase separation in particles containing ...

Operational variables of a mineral processing circuit are subjected to different variations. Steady-statesimulation of processes provides an estimate of their ideal stable performance whereas their dynamicsimulation predicts the effects of the variations on the processes or their subsequent processes. In thispaper, a dynamic simulator containing some of the major equipment of mineral processing...

Among the microfluidic separation methods, hydrodynamic spreading is a simple and high-throughput continuous separation technique based on the difference in size. However, it is difficult to adjust tiny pressure differences accurately in microfluidic devices. In this study, a combination of electroosmotic flow (EOF) and hydrodynamic flow spreading was employed to tune the size separation of par...