Linear response functions of an electrolyte solution in a uniform flow
arXiv:1806.11292 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.032604
Abstract
We study the steady state response of a dilute monovalent electrolyte solution to an external source with a constant relative velocity with respect to the fluid. The source is taken as a combination of three perturbations: an external force acting on the fluid, an externally imposed ionic chemical potential, and an external charge density. The linear response functions are obtained analytically and can be decoupled into three independent terms, corresponding to (i) fluid flow and pressure, (ii) total ionic number density and current, and (iii) charge density, electrostatic potential and electric current. It is shown how the uniform flow breaks the equilibrium radial symmetry of the response functions, leading to a distortion of the ionic cloud and electrostatic potential, which deviate from the standard Debye-Hückel result. The potential of a moving charge is under-screened in its direction of motion and over-screened in the opposite direction and normal plane. As a result, an unscreened dipolar electric field and electric currents are induced far from the charged source. We relate our general formalism to several experimental setups, such as colloidal sedimentation.
12 pages, 5 figures
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