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Rotational and translational diffusion of colloidal ellipsoids in bulk and at surfaces

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We studied the diffusion of ellipsoidal colloids by using a combination of single-particle tracking (SPT) and differential dynamic microscopy (DDM). The micrometer-sized polystyrene particles have an aspect ratio of ≈ 4.3. SPT provides the particle trajectories and translation diffusion coefficient of the particles. DDM analyses appropriate for anisotropic particles were then used to extract the rotational diffusion coefficient of the particles. The results matched well with the theoretical prediction of translational and rotational diffusion coefficients for ellipsoids in the bulk. We extended our method to surface bound particles, which shows that rotation slowed by a larger amount compared to translation. This can be explained qualitatively by assuming heterogeneity of viscous and hydrodynamic forces experienced by surface bound particles. The research will be useful to study the viscous friction experienced by anisotropic colloids in complex fluids and surface friction at chemically or topologically modified substrates.

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The authors thank Prof. Michael Solomon for access to confocal set-up and useful discussion. The confocal setup is a part of the Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan.

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Acknowledgements are made to the National Science Foundation through Grant CBET-2115827.

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Shokeen, N., Mukhopadhyay, A. Rotational and translational diffusion of colloidal ellipsoids in bulk and at surfaces. Colloid Polym Sci 299, 1595–1603 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-021-04893-8

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