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  • measurement of second order response without perturbation
    EPL, 2016
    Co-Authors: Laurent Helden, Clemens Bechinger, Urna Basu, Matthias Kruger
    Abstract:

    We study the second-order response functions of a Colloidal Particle being subjected to an anharmonic potential. Contrary to typical response measurements which require an external perturbation, here we experimentally demonstrate that the system's susceptibilities up to second order can be obtained from the Particle's equilibrium fluctuations. The measured susceptibilities are in quantitative agreement with those obtained from the response to an external perturbation.

  • measurement of second order response without perturbation
    arXiv: Soft Condensed Matter, 2016
    Co-Authors: Laurent Helden, Clemens Bechinger, Urna Basu, Matthias Kruger
    Abstract:

    We study the second order response functions of a Colloidal Particle being subjected to an anharmonic potential. Contrary to typical response measurements which require an external perturbation, here we experimentally confirm a recently developed approach where the system's susceptibilities up to second order are obtained from the Particle's equilibrium trajectory [PCCP $\mathrm{\bf 17}$, 6653 (2015)]. The measured susceptibilities are in quantitative agreement with those obtained from the response to an external perturbation.

  • transient dynamics of a Colloidal Particle driven through a viscoelastic fluid
    New Journal of Physics, 2015
    Co-Authors: Clemens Bechinger, Juan Ruben Gomezsolano
    Abstract:

    We study the transient motion of a Colloidal Particle actively dragged by an optical trap through different viscoelastic fluids (wormlike micelles, polymer solutions, and entangled λ-phage DNA). We observe that, after sudden removal of the moving trap, the Particle recoils due to the recovery of the deformed fluid microstructure. We find that the transient dynamics of the Particle proceeds via a double-exponential relaxation, whose relaxation times remain independent of the initial Particle velocity whereas their amplitudes strongly depend on it. While the fastest relaxation mirrors the viscous damping of the Particle by the solvent, the slow relaxation results from the recovery of the strained viscoelastic matrix. We show that this transient information, which has no counterpart in Newtonian fluids, can be exploited to investigate linear and nonlinear rheological properties of the embedding fluid, thus providing a novel method to perform transient rheology at the micron-scale.

  • transient dynamics of a Colloidal Particle driven through a viscoelastic fluid
    arXiv: Soft Condensed Matter, 2015
    Co-Authors: Clemens Bechinger, Juan Ruben Gomezsolano
    Abstract:

    We experimentally study the transient motion of a Colloidal Particle actively dragged by an optical trap through different viscoelastic fluids (wormlike micelles, polymer solutions, and entangled $\lambda$-phage DNA). We observe that, after sudden removal of the moving trap, the Particle recoils due to the recovery of the deformed fluid microstructure. We find that the transient dynamics of the Particle proceeds via a double exponential relaxation, whose relaxation times remain independent of the initial Particle velocity whereas their amplitudes strongly depend on it. While the fastest relaxation mirrors the viscous damping of the Particle by the solvent, the slow relaxation results from the recovery of the strained viscoelastic matrix. We show that this transient information, which has no counterpart in Newtonian fluids, can be exploited to investigate linear and nonlinear rheological properties of the embedding fluid, thus providing a novel method to perform transient rheology at the micron-scale.

  • realization of a micrometre sized stochastic heat engine
    Nature Physics, 2012
    Co-Authors: Valentin Blickle, Clemens Bechinger
    Abstract:

    An optically trapped Colloidal Particle serves as the first realization of a stochastic thermal engine, extending our understanding of the thermodynamics behind the Carnot cycle to microscopic scales where fluctuations dominate.

Udo Seifert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • distribution of entropy production for a Colloidal Particle in a nonequilibrium steady state
    EPL, 2007
    Co-Authors: Thomas Speck, Valentin Blickle, Clemens Bechinger, Udo Seifert
    Abstract:

    For a Colloidal Particle driven by a constant force across a periodic potential, we investigate the distribution of entropy production both experimentally and theoretically. For short trajectories, the fluctuation theorem holds experimentally. The mean entropy production rate shows two regimes as a function of the applied force. Theoretically, both mean and variance of the pronounced non-Gaussian distribution can be obtained from a differential equation in good agreement with the experimental data.

  • optimal finite time processes in stochastic thermodynamics
    Physical Review Letters, 2007
    Co-Authors: Tim Schmiedl, Udo Seifert
    Abstract:

    For a small system like a Colloidal Particle or a single biomolecule embedded in a heat bath, the optimal protocol of an external control parameter minimizes the mean work required to drive the system from one given equilibrium state to another in a finite time. In general, this optimal protocol obeys an integro-differential equation. Explicit solutions both for a moving laser trap and a time-dependent strength of such a trap show finite jumps of the optimal protocol to be typical both at the beginning and at the end of the process.

  • Restoring a fluctuation-dissipation theorem in a nonequilibrium steady state
    Europhysics Letters (EPL), 2006
    Co-Authors: Thomas Speck, Udo Seifert
    Abstract:

    In a nonequilibrium steady state, the violation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem (FDT) is connected to breaking detailed balance. For the velocity correlations of a driven Colloidal Particle we calculate an explicit expression of the FDT violation. The equilibrium form of the FDT can be restored by measuring the velocity with respect to the local mean velocity.

  • entropy production along a stochastic trajectory and an integral fluctuation theorem
    Physical Review Letters, 2005
    Co-Authors: Udo Seifert
    Abstract:

    For stochastic nonequilibrium dynamics like a Langevin equation for a Colloidal Particle or a master equation for discrete states, entropy production along a single trajectory is studied. It involves both genuine Particle entropy and entropy production in the surrounding medium. The integrated sum of both $\ensuremath{\Delta}{s}_{\mathrm{tot}}$ is shown to obey a fluctuation theorem $⟨\mathrm{exp}[\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\Delta}{s}_{\mathrm{tot}}]⟩=1$ for arbitrary initial conditions and arbitrary time-dependent driving over a finite time interval.

Juan Ruben Gomezsolano - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • transient dynamics of a Colloidal Particle driven through a viscoelastic fluid
    New Journal of Physics, 2015
    Co-Authors: Clemens Bechinger, Juan Ruben Gomezsolano
    Abstract:

    We study the transient motion of a Colloidal Particle actively dragged by an optical trap through different viscoelastic fluids (wormlike micelles, polymer solutions, and entangled λ-phage DNA). We observe that, after sudden removal of the moving trap, the Particle recoils due to the recovery of the deformed fluid microstructure. We find that the transient dynamics of the Particle proceeds via a double-exponential relaxation, whose relaxation times remain independent of the initial Particle velocity whereas their amplitudes strongly depend on it. While the fastest relaxation mirrors the viscous damping of the Particle by the solvent, the slow relaxation results from the recovery of the strained viscoelastic matrix. We show that this transient information, which has no counterpart in Newtonian fluids, can be exploited to investigate linear and nonlinear rheological properties of the embedding fluid, thus providing a novel method to perform transient rheology at the micron-scale.

  • transient dynamics of a Colloidal Particle driven through a viscoelastic fluid
    arXiv: Soft Condensed Matter, 2015
    Co-Authors: Clemens Bechinger, Juan Ruben Gomezsolano
    Abstract:

    We experimentally study the transient motion of a Colloidal Particle actively dragged by an optical trap through different viscoelastic fluids (wormlike micelles, polymer solutions, and entangled $\lambda$-phage DNA). We observe that, after sudden removal of the moving trap, the Particle recoils due to the recovery of the deformed fluid microstructure. We find that the transient dynamics of the Particle proceeds via a double exponential relaxation, whose relaxation times remain independent of the initial Particle velocity whereas their amplitudes strongly depend on it. While the fastest relaxation mirrors the viscous damping of the Particle by the solvent, the slow relaxation results from the recovery of the strained viscoelastic matrix. We show that this transient information, which has no counterpart in Newtonian fluids, can be exploited to investigate linear and nonlinear rheological properties of the embedding fluid, thus providing a novel method to perform transient rheology at the micron-scale.

  • experimental verification of a modified fluctuation dissipation relation for a micron sized Particle in a nonequilibrium steady state
    Physical Review Letters, 2009
    Co-Authors: Juan Ruben Gomezsolano, Artyom Petrosyan, Sergio Ciliberto, Raphael Chetrite, Krzysztof Gawedzki
    Abstract:

    A modified fluctuation-dissipation theorem for a nonequilibrium steady state is experimentally checked by studying the position fluctuations of a Colloidal Particle whose motion is confined in a toroidal optical trap. The nonequilibrium steady state is generated by means of a rotating laser beam which exerts on the Particle a sinusoidal conservative force plus a constant nonconservative one. The modified fluctuation-dissipation theorem is perfectly verified by the experimental data. It can be interpreted as an equilibrium-like fluctuation-dissipation relation in the Lagrangian frame of the mean local velocity of the Particle.

Shiqi Zhou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • an approximate analytic expression for the surface charge density surface potential relationship for a spherical Colloidal Particle
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 1998
    Co-Authors: Shiqi Zhou
    Abstract:

    An approximate analytic expression for the surface charge density/surface potential relationship (final sigma/psi0) for a spherical Colloidal Particle in a solution of mixed and nonsymmetrical electrolytes is obtained by solving a nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation using a linearization approximation. The approximate analytic expression is fit for the case of large kappaa(kappa = Debye-Huckel inverse parameter, a = Colloidal Particle radius), but for the case of small kappaa, the approximate analytic expression is applicable only when kappaa >/= 0.03, with a maximal percent relative error of 5.0, even for surface potentials up to 334 mV (25 degreesC). The approximate analytic expressions reported in the literature have a low limit of kappaa, 0.5 or even 2.0. The present approximate analytic expression has a simple structure and is characterized by the ease with which it is adapted for analysis. Copyright 1998 Academic Press.