Ionic Polymer Solutions

Boundary layer charge dynamics in ionic liquid-ionic polymer transducers

Nonlinear electro-osmosis of dilute non-adsorbing polymer solutions with low ionic strength.

Nonlinear electro-osmotic behaviour of dilute non-adsorbing polymer solutions with low salinity is investigated using Brownian dynamics simulations and a kinetic theory. In the Brownian simulations, the hydrodynamic interaction between the polymers and a no-slip wall is considered using the Rotne-Prager approximation of the Blake tensor. In a plug flow under a sufficiently strong applied electr...

Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions

Most of the synthetic compounds are prepared and processed in the liquid state, i.e. in solution or in the molten state. Detailed knowledge on this state is therefore indispensable. In particular it is essential to know the limits of complete miscibility with a low molecular weight solvent as a function of temperature, pressure and composition. Furthermore it is often mandatory to be acquainted...

Turbulence of polymer solutions.

We investigate high-Reynolds-number turbulence in dilute polymer solutions. We show the existence of a critical value of the Reynolds number, which separates two different regimes. In the first regime, below the transition, the influence of the polymer molecules on the flow is negligible, so they can be regarded as passively embedded in the flow. This case admits a detailed investigation of the...

Mass Action in Ionic Solutions.

The law of mass action describes reactants as simple ideal fluids of concentrations of uncharged noninteracting particles. Ionic solutions contain interacting charged particles and are not ideal. Interactions of reactants can then be mistaken for complexities in chemical reactions or enzymatic catalysts. The variational theory of complex fluids describes flowing mixtures like biological solutio...