Analyses of radiation force and torque on a spherical particle near a substrate illuminated by a focused Laguerre-Gaussian beam

We present the analyses of radiation force and torque on a spherical particle illuminated by Laguerre-Gaussian beam. Since Laguerre-Gaussian beam has angular momentum, the particle can be rotated by illumination of Laguerre-Gaussian beam. Radiation forces and torques for a silver sphere and a silicon sphere near the silver substrate are analyzed. We found that the maximum torque on silicon sphere is about five times higher than the maximum torque on silver sphere and fine control of the focused spot is required to push the particle to the substrate.     

Optical torque wrench: angular trapping, rotation, and torque detection of quartz microparticles

We describe an apparatus that can measure the instantaneous angular displacement and torque applied to a quartz particle which is angularly trapped. Torque is measured by detecting the change in angular momentum of the transmitted trap beam. The rotational Brownian motion of the trapped particle and its power spectral density are used to determine the angular trap stiffness. The apparatus features a feedback control that clamps torque or other rotational quantities. The torque sensitivity demonstrated is ideal for the study of known biological molecular motors.     

On the orientational characteristics and transport coefficients of an oblate spheroidal hematite particle in a simple shear flow

We have developed the basic equation of the orientational distribution function of oblate spheroidal hematite particles with rotational Brownian motion in a simple shear flow under an applied magnetic field. An oblate spheroidal hematite particle has an important characteristic in that it is magnetized in a direction normal to the particle axis. Since a dilute dispersion is addressed in the present study, we have taken into account only the friction force (torque) whilst neglecting the hydrodynamic interactions among the particles. This basic equation has been solved numerically in order that we may investigate the dependence of the orientational distribution on the magnetic field strength, shear rate and rotational Brownian motion and the relationship between the orientational distribution and the transport coefficients such as viscosity and diffusion coefficient. We found that if the effect of the magnetic field is more dominant, the particle inclines in such a way that the oblate surface aligns in the magnetic field direction. If the Peclet number increases and the effect of the shear flow becomes more dominant, the particle inclines such that the oblate surface tilts in the shear flow direction. The viscosity due to the magnetic torque is shown to increase as the magnetic field increases, since the magnetic torque due to the applied magnetic field becomes the more dominant effect. Moreover, the viscosity increase is shown to be more significant for a larger aspect ratio or for a more oblate hematite particle. We have applied the analysis to the problem of particle sedimentation under gravity in the presence of a magnetic field applied in the sedimentation direction. The particles are found to sediment with the oblate surface aligning more significantly in the sedimentation direction as the applied magnetic field strength increases.     

Optical microrheology using rotating laser-trapped particles

We demonstrate an optical system that can apply and accurately measure the torque exerted by the trapping beam on a rotating birefringent probe particle. This allows the viscosity and surface effects within liquid media to be measured quantitatively on a micron-size scale using a trapped rotating spherical probe particle. We use the system to measure the viscosity inside a prototype cellular structure.     

Symmetry and the generation and measurement of optical torque

A key element in the generation of optical torque in optical traps, which occurs when electromagnetic angular momentum is transferred from the trapping beam to the trapped particle by scattering, is the symmetries of the scattering particle and the trapping beam. We discuss the effect of such symmetries on the generation and measurement of optical torque in optical tweezers, and some consequent general principles for the design of optically driven micromachines.     

非球体填充的组合球模型及松弛算法

现有的松弛算法由于仅用于球填充而只考虑颗粒的平动,故提出考虑非球体转动的改进松弛算法并采用组合球模型,使其能够模拟任意形状非球体的随机填充以及多种非球体的混合填充.用多个球体的外包络面近似一个非球体外形的组合球模型,将非球体之间的接触转化为球体之间的接触,从而简化并统一非球体接触判断算法.通过引入非球体的转矩和转角松弛机制,使改进松弛算法克服了"自锁"现象,并能生成非球体的随机密填充.算例表明,填充结果与现有的数值模拟及实验结果相符.     

Brownian dynamics simulations with spin Brownian motion on the negative magneto-rheological effect of a rod-like hematite particle suspension

We have investigated the behaviour of a suspension of magnetic rod-like hematite particles in a simple shear flow with the addition of an applied magnetic field. A significant feature of the present hematite particle suspension is the fact that the magnetic moment of the hematite particle lies normal to the particle-axis direction. From simulations, we have attempted to clarify the dependence of the negative magneto-rheological effect on the particle aggregation and orientational distribution of particles. The present Brownian dynamics method has a significant advantage in that it takes into account the spin rotational Brownian motion about the particle axis in addition to the ordinary translational and rotational Brownian motion. The net viscosity is decomposed into three components and discussed at a deeper level and in detail: these three viscosity components arise from (1) the torque due to the magnetic particle–field interaction, (2) the torque and (3) the force due to the interaction between particles. It is found that a slight change in the orientational distribution has a significant influence on the negative magneto-rheological effect. In a relatively dense suspension, the viscosity components arising from an applied magnetic field and the interaction between particles come to change rapidly for a certain strength of the magnetic particle–particle interaction, which is due to the onset of the formation of raft-like clusters.     

Analysis of Trapping Force and Torque for Fiber-optical Trap by the Finite-differential Time-domain (FDTD) Method

In this paper,the FDTD method is used to calculate the light field distribution in an uncoated fiber probe with a small dielectric particle.By integrating Maxwell′s stress tensor in the FDTD calculation,the time-averaged force exerted on the dielectric particles with different sizes and at different positions is obtained.The calculation results are also verified experimentally.The force near the axis in the vicinity of the tip is about 10-14 N for the incident 10 mW laser of 980 nm.Furthermore,the torque exerting on an ellipsoidal dielectric particle by focusing light field with two fiber probes is calculated and the dependence of this torque on both the declination angle of the ellipsoidal particle and the incident laser power ratio of the two probes is obtained.The detailed intensity map within the particle is also given.     

Brownian dynamics of a microswimmer

We report on dynamic properties of a simple model microswimmer composed of three spheres and propelling itself in a viscous fluid by spinning motion of the spheres under zero net torque constraint. At a fixed temperature and increasing the spinning frequency, the swimmer demonstrates a transition from dissipation-dominated to a pumping-dominated motion regime characterized by negative effective friction coefficient. In the limit of high frequencies, the diffusion of the swimmer can be described by a model of an active particle with constant velocity.     

Brownian gyrator: a minimal heat engine on the nanoscale

A Brownian particle moving in the vicinity of a generic potential minimum under the influence of dissipation and thermal noise from two different heat baths is shown to act as a minimal heat engine, generating a systematic torque onto the physical object at the origin of the potential and an opposite torque onto the medium generating the dissipation.     

Determination of the magnetic anisotropy of ferrofluids from torque magnetometry data

A theoretical analysis is presented which enables the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy constant K₁ of particles in ferrofluids, frozen in an external field, to be obtained from torque magnetometry measurements. The two-fold symmetry of the torque curve, found experimentally, is correctly predicted. An asymptotic solution is found which enables K₁ to be determined without recourse to iterative numerical methods. In this limit, the torque amplitude varies linearly with the inverse of the freezing field for large freezing fields. For all cases, extraction of K₁ requires an accurate knowledge of the particle size distribution parameters.     

Gauss声束对离轴椭圆柱的声辐射力矩

利用部分波展开法求解得到了Gauss声束入射下刚性和非刚性椭圆柱的声散射系数,推导了一般情况下的声辐射力矩表达式.在此基础上,通过一系列数值仿真详细分析了离轴距离、入射角度和束腰半径对声辐射力矩的影响.结果表明:正向与负向声辐射力矩均可以在一定条件下存在;低频情况下刚性椭圆柱比非刚性椭圆柱更容易产生较强的声辐射力矩;特定频率的入射声场可以激发出非刚性椭圆柱不同阶的共振散射模式,因而非刚性椭圆柱的声辐射力矩峰值与频率的关系更密切;增加束腰半径有利于扩大散射截面,进而增加椭圆柱的声辐射力矩.该研究结果预期可以为利用声辐射力矩实现粒子的可控旋转和流体黏度的反演提供一定的理论指导.     

Work distribution function for a Brownian particle driven by a nonconservative force

We derive the distribution function of work performed by a harmonic force acting on a uniformly dragged Brownian particle subjected to a rotational torque. Following the Onsager and Machlup’s functional integral approach, we obtain the transition probability of finding the Brownian particle at a particular position at time t given that it started the journey from a specific location at an earlier time. The difference between the forward and the time-reversed form of the generalized Onsager-Machlup’s Lagrangian is identified as the rate of medium entropy production which further helps us develop the stochastic thermodynamics formalism for our model. The probability distribution for the work done by the harmonic trap is evaluated for an equilibrium initial condition. Although this distribution has a Gaussian form, it is found that the distribution does not satisfy the conventional work fluctuation theorem.     

Radiation force and torque on a two-dimensional circular cross-section of a non-viscous eccentric layered compressible cylinder in acoustical standing waves

The purpose of this study is to develop an analytical formalism and derive series expansions for the time-averaged force and torque exerted on a compound coated compressible liquid-like cylinder,insonified by acoustic standing waves having an arbitrary angle of incidence in the polar(transverse)plane.The host medium of wave propagation and the eccentric liquid-like cylinder are non-viscous.Numerical computations illustrate the theoretical analysis with particular emphases on the eccentricity of the cylinder,the angle of incidence and the dimensionless size parameters of the inner and coating cylindrical fluid materials.The method to derive the acoustical scattering,and radiation force and torque components conjointly uses modal matching with the addition theorem,which adequately account for the multiple wave interaction effects between the layer and core fluid materials.The results demonstrate that longitudinal and lateral radiation force components arise.Moreover,an axial radiation torque component is quantified and computed for the non-absorptive compound cylinder,arising from geometrical asymmetry considerations as the eccentricity increases.The computational results reveal the emergence of neutral,positive,and negative radiation force and torque depending on the size parameter of the cylinder,the eccentricity,and the angle of incidence of the insonifying field.Moreover,based on the law of energy conservation applied to scattering,numerical verification is accomplished by computing the extinction/scattering energy efficiency.The results may find some related applications in fluid dynamics,particle trapping,mixing and manipulation using acoustical standing waves.     

Acoustic rotational manipulation using orbital angular momentum transfer

We report on the first quantitative test of acoustic orbital angular momentum transfer to a sound absorbing object immersed in a viscous liquid. This is done by realizing an original experiment that is to spin a millimeter-size target disk using an ultrasonic vortex beam. We demonstrate the balance between the acoustic radiation torque calculated from the Brillouin stress tensor and the viscous torque evaluated from the steady state spinning frequency. Moreover, we unveil a rotational acoustic streaming phenomenon that results from the acoustic angular momentum transfer to the host fluid. We show that it lowers the viscous torque, thereby restoring the torque balance.     

Calculation and optical measurement of laser trapping forces on non-spherical particles

Optical trapping, where microscopic particles are trapped and manipulated by light is a powerful and widespread technique, with the single-beam gradient trap (also known as optical tweezers) in use for a large number of biological and other applications. The forces and torques acting on a trapped particle result from the transfer of momentum and angular momentum from the trapping beam to the particle. Despite the apparent simplicity of a laser trap, with a single particle in a single beam, exact calculation of the optical forces and torques acting on particles is difficult. Calculations can be performed using approximate methods, but are only applicable within their ranges of validity, such as for particles much larger than, or much smaller than, the trapping wavelength, and for spherical isotropic particles. This leaves unfortunate gaps, since wavelength-scale particles are of great practical interest because they are readily and strongly trapped and are used to probe interesting microscopic and macroscopic phenomena, and non-spherical or anisotropic particles, biological, crystalline, or other, due to their frequent occurance in nature, and the possibility of rotating such objects or controlling or sensing their orientation. The systematic application of electromagnetic scattering theory can provide a general theory of laser trapping, and render results missing from existing theory. We present here calculations of force and torque on a trapped particle obtained from this theory and discuss the possible applications, including the optical measurement of the force and torque.     

Analysis of Trapping Force and Torque for Fiber-optical Trap by the Finite-differential Time-domain (FDTD) Method

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Dynamics of a nanoparticle rotating in the near field of a heated solid surface

General expressions for the force of attraction to the surface and the projections of torque exerted on a particle rotating near a solid surface at an arbitrary orientation of the angular velocity vector have been found. It has been shown that the particle decelerates over time and the angular velocity vector tends to be oriented perpendicularly to the surface at any initial conditions.

     

Motor-driven bacterial flagella and buckling instabilities

Many types of bacteria swim by rotating a bundle of helical filaments also called flagella. Each filament is driven by a rotary motor and a very flexible hook transmits the motor torque to the filament. We model it by discretizing Kirchhoff’s elastic-rod theory and develop a coarse-grained approach for driving the helical filament by a motor torque. A rotating flagellum generates a thrust force, which pushes the cell body forward and which increases with the motor torque. We fix the rotating flagellum in space and show that it buckles under the thrust force at a critical motor torque. Buckling becomes visible as a supercritical Hopf bifurcation in the thrust force. A second buckling transition occurs at an even higher motor torque. We attach the flagellum to a spherical cell body and also observe the first buckling transition during locomotion. By changing the size of the cell body, we vary the necessary thrust force and thereby obtain a characteristic relation between the critical thrust force and motor torque. We present a elaborate analytical model for the buckling transition based on a helical rod which quantitatively reproduces the critical force-torque relation. Real values for motor torque, cell body size, and the geometry of the helical filament suggest that buckling should occur in single bacterial flagella. We also find that the orientation of pulling flagella along the driving torque is not stable and comment on the biological relevance for marine bacteria.     

可控高速旋转的纳米线和纳米线微型电动机

文章报道了一种通过在微型电极上加交流电场，实现有控制地高速度转动纳米线的通用方法．纳米线的转动可以被瞬时启动或瞬时停止，转动速度（每分钟至少可达1800rpm），方向和总转动角度都可被精确控制．文章作者推导出了流体阻力在不同长度纳米线上施加的转矩，还用一根转动的纳米线作为微型电动机，推动灰尘颗粒做圆周运动．这种方法可以被用来转动磁性的或者非磁性的纳米线，甚至碳纳米管．这和微流机械，微搅动机，以及MEMS的关系显而易见．