Transient Simulations of Electrokinetic Nanowire Transport in Bounded Microfluidic Channels

The motion of a cylindrical nanowire is transiently modeled for two different boundary cases to determine whether or not steady motion is observed. The first case is a nanowire located concentrically at the center of a relatively narrow channel and angled at 45° with respect to the horizontal. The second case is a nanowire located eccentrically in a large channel and aligned with the horizontal. In both cases, the main particle motion is horizontal translation through the channel. In the concentric case, the nanowire translates horizontally while translating vertically and rotating in an oscillatory manner. The eccentric particle translates vertically upward and rotates away from the wall throughout it horizontal translation.