Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Enhanced diffusion by binding to the crosslinks of a polymer gel

  • Carl P. Goodrich,
  • Michael P. Brenner,
  • Katharina Ribbeck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06851-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Gels filtering particles by interactions are a goal of nanotechnology; this is difficult when particles are larger than the mesh of the gel. Here, the authors present an equilibrium mechanism where binding dynamics of crosslinks are affected by interacting particles so that particles experience enhanced diffusion.