Abstract
A theoretical study on the electrophoresis of a soft particle is made by taking into account the ion steric interactions and ion partitioning effects under a thin Debye layer consideration with negligible surface conduction. Objective of this study is to provide a simple expression for the mobility of a soft particle which accounts for the finite-ion-size effect and the ion partitioning arise due to the Born energy difference between two media. The Donnan potential in the soft layer is determined by considering the ion steric interactions and the ion partitioning effect. The volume exclusion due to the finite ion size is considered by the Carnahan-Starling equation and the ion partitioning is accounted through the difference in Born energy. The modified Poisson-Boltzmann equation coupled with Stokes-Darcy-Brinkman equations are considered to determine the mobility. A closed-form expression for the electrophoretic mobility is obtained, which reduces to several existing expressions for mobility under various limiting cases.
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