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Electrorotation of titanium microspheres
Author(s) -
Arcenegui Juan J.,
Ramos Antonio,
GarcíaSánchez Pablo,
Morgan Hywel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.201200403
Subject(s) - electrolyte , materials science , rotation (mathematics) , capacitance , micrometer , titanium , rotational speed , mechanics , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , electrode , optics , physics , classical mechanics , chromatography , geometry , mathematics , metallurgy
Electrorotation (ROT) data for solid titanium micrometer‐sized spheres in an electrolyte are presented for three different ionic conductivities, over the frequency range of 10 Hz to 100 kHz. The direction of rotation was found to be opposite to the direction of rotation of the electric field vector (counterfield electrorotation), with a single rotation peak. The maximum rotation rate occurs at a frequency of the order of the reciprocal RC time constant for charging the particle double layer capacitance through the resistor of the electrolyte bulk. A model for the electrical torque acting on a metallic sphere is presented, using a constant phase element impedance to describe the metal/electrolyte interface. The titanium spheres are much denser than the electrolyte and rest on the bottom substrate. Therefore, the electrical and viscous torques near a wall are considered in the analysis. Good agreement is found between the predicted and measured rotational speed as a function of frequency. Theory shows that there is no effect of induced charge electroosmotic flow on the ROT, as observed experimentally.