DFG Priority Program SPP 1164

Nano- & Microfluidics:

Bridging the Gap between
Molecular Motion and Continuum Flow

Driving fluids with rotating and beating semiflexible polymers


Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Roland Netz
Technische Universität München
Physik Department
Garching

Summary of the project


Other people working on the project


Post-docs:
Dr. Alfredo Alexander-Katz
Dr. Vladimir Lobaskin
Dr. Xaver Schlagberber
Dr. Hirofumi Wada

PhD student:
Christian Sendner


Homepage of the group


http://www.physik.tu-muenchen.de/lehrstuehle/T37/index.html

and

http://www.physik.tu-muenchen.de/lehrstuehle/T37/noneq.html


Expertise of the group

  • hydrodynamic Brownian simulations

Publications of the group connected with nano- or microfluidics


  1. A. Alexander-Katz, M.F. Schneider, S.W. Schneider, A. Wixforth, and R.R. Netz
    Shear-flow induced unfolding of polymeric globules
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 138101 (2006), doi

  2. X. Schlagberger, J. Bayer, J. O. Rädler and R. R. Netz
    Diffusion of a single semiflexible charged polymer

    Europhys. Lett. (2006) (doi)

  3. H. Wada and R.R. Netz
    Nonequilibrium hydrodynamics of a rotating filament
    Europhys. Lett. 75, 645 (2006) (doi)

  4. C. Gutsche, M. Salomo, Y.W. Kim, R.R. Netz and F. Kremer
    The flow resistance of single DNA-grafted colloids as measured by optical tweezers
    Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 1-6, Feb. 21 (2006) (doi)

  5. M. Manghi, X. Schlagberger, Y.W. Kim and R.R. Netz
    Hydrodynamic effects in driven soft matter

    Soft Matter 2, 653-668 (2006) (doi)

  6. U. Rant, K. Arinaga, M. Tornow, Y.W. Kim , R.R. Netz, S. Fujita, N. Yokoyama, G. Abstreiter
    Dissimilar kinetic behavior of electrically manipulated single- and double-stranded DNA tethered to a gold surface
    Biophysical Journal 90 (10), 3666-3671 (2006) (doi)

  7. Y.W. Kim and R.R. Netz
    Pumping fluids with periodically beating grafted elastic filaments
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (11), 158101 (2006) (doi)

  8. Y.W. Kim, R.R. Netz
    Electro-osmosis at inhomogeneous charged surfaces: Hydrodynamic versus electric friction
    Journal of Chem. Phys. 124 (11), 114709 (2006) (doi)

  9. A. Serr and R.R. Netz
    Pulling adsorbed polymers from surfaces with the AFM: stick versus slip, peeling versus gliding
    Europhysics Letters 73 (2), 292 (2006) (doi)

  10. M. Manghi, X. Schlagberger and R.R. Netz
    Propulsion with a Rotating Elastic Nano-Rod
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 068101 (2006) (doi)

  11. C. Sendner, Y. W. Kim, U. Rant, K. Arinaga, M. Tornow, R.R. Netz
    Dynamics of end grafted DNA molecules
    Phys. status solidi (b), (2006) (accepted)