Confined Brownian motion

Luc P. Faucheux and Albert J. Libchaber
Phys. Rev. E 49, 5158 – Published 1 June 1994
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Abstract

We present microscopic observations of the diffusion in water of micrometer-sized spheres confined between two walls. Deviations from the Stokes-Einstein law are observed, which for different bead diameters and different separations between the walls depend on a single dimensionless parameter. We compare numerical predictions with the experimental values.

  • Received 30 March 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.49.5158

©1994 American Physical Society

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Luc P. Faucheux and Albert J. Libchaber

  • Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

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Vol. 49, Iss. 6 — June 1994

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