| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction and Fundamental Concepts | p. 1 |
| Electrokinetic Mechanisms for Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Transport | p. 1 |
| Introduction to Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Systems | p. 1 |
| Microscale and Nanoscale Electrokinetic Transport | p. 5 |
| Organization | p. 8 |
| Electrostatics | p. 8 |
| Coulomb's Law | p. 9 |
| Electric Field and Potential | p. 10 |
| Charge Density | p. 11 |
| Electric-Field Vector Relationships | p. 11 |
| Gauss' Law: The Flux of the Electric Field | p. 12 |
| Fundamental Concepts of Electrokinetic Theories | p. 14 |
| Constitutive Relations Governing Continuum Hydrodynamics | p. 14 |
| Induced Dipoles, Interfacial Conditions, and the Maxwell Stress Tensor | p. 16 |
| Electrokinetic Actuation of Dielectric Liquids - Gradients in the Maxwell Pressure | p. 20 |
| Constitutive Equation for Ion Transport | p. 29 |
| Classical Equilibrium Theory Due to Surface Charges | p. 35 |
| The Debye Double Layer | p. 35 |
| Surface Charging | p. 35 |
| Concentration Polarization of Ions - The Screening Effect | p. 36 |
| Poisson-Boltzmann Distribution | p. 36 |
| The Poisson-Boltzmann Distribution and Surface Electric Field | p. 36 |
| Osmotic Pressure, Conservative Force, and Stability of the Poisson-Boltzmann Distribution | p. 39 |
| Repulsive Forces Between Charged or Constant-Potential Particles in Electrolytes Under Poisson-Boltzmann Equilibrium | p. 41 |
| The Debye-Hückel Theory | p. 45 |
| Nonlinear Analysis of the Poisson-Boltzmann Equilibrium in the Debye Layer | p. 47 |
| Extensions to the Diffuse Double Layer Theory | p. 53 |
| Attraction Between Identical Particles Due to Symmetry Breaking | p. 56 |
| Overlapping Double Layers in Nanopores: Pore Conductance and Threshold Field for Electro-Osmotic Flow | p. 65 |
| Double Layer Formation and Relaxation Dynamics | p. 72 |
| Equilibrium Double Layer Electrokinetic Phenomena | p. 73 |
| Electro-Osmotic Transport | p. 76 |
| Electro-Osmosis | p. 76 |
| Smoluchowski Slip in Microchannels | p. 77 |
| Electro-Osmotic Slip Velocity with Bulk Concentration Gradients: Formal Asymptotics | p. 81 |
| Electro-Osmotic Flow in Nanochannels | p. 86 |
| Mixed or Frustrated Flows | p. 88 |
| DC Electrokinetic Pumps | p. 89 |
| Electric Field and Hydrodynamic Streamline Similarity | p. 97 |
| Frustrated Flow and Vortex Formation Due to pH Gradients | p. 99 |
| Conductivity-Gradient-Driven Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities | p. 103 |
| Conductivity Gradients in the Direction of the Applied Field | p. 104 |
| Conductivity Gradients Transverse to the Direction of the Applied Field | p. 112 |
| Hydrodynamic Dispersion and Channel Profiling | p. 116 |
| Electroviscous Effects Due to the Streaming Potential in a Finite-Length Nanochannel: The Zero-Current Model | p. 122 |
| Electrophoretic Transport and Separation | p. 128 |
| Uniform Charge Electrophoresis: Classical Theory | p. 128 |
| Combined Electrophoresis and Electro-Osmotic Convection | p. 131 |
| Electroviscous Effects | p. 132 |
| Cellular Electrophoresis Involving a Conducting Layer of Charges | p. 133 |
| Electrophoresis with Surface Charge Migration and Counterion Condensation Effects | p. 137 |
| Other Conductive Electrophoresis Theories - Conducting Stern Layer and Convective Current Effects | p. 139 |
| A General Electrophoresis Theory in the Debye-Hückel Limit | p. 141 |
| Capillary Electrophoresis: Applications | p. 143 |
| Capillary Zone Electrophoresis | p. 146 |
| Capillary Gel Electrophoresis | p. 147 |
| Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography | p. 148 |
| Capillary Isotachophoresis | p. 149 |
| Capillary Isoelectric Focusing | p. 149 |
| Capillary Electrochromatography | p. 150 |
| End-Labeled Free-Solution Electrophoresis | p. 152 |
| Field-Induced Dielectric Polarization | p. 155 |
| Nonequilibrium Electrokinetics | p. 155 |
| Dielectric Polarization | p. 156 |
| Dielectric Materials and Dipole Formation | p. 156 |
| Polarization Mechanisms | p. 160 |
| Impedance Characterization of Relaxation Times | p. 161 |
| Interfacial Polarization | p. 168 |
| Interfacial Polarizability - The Clausius-Mossotti Factor | p. 168 |
| Dielectric Dispersion | p. 177 |
| Bacterial Growth Detection Through Reactance Measurements | p. 180 |
| DC Nonlinear Electrokinetics Due to Field-Induced Double Layer Polarization | p. 184 |
| DC Nonlinear Electrokinetics | p. 184 |
| Electrokinetic Flow Manipulation Using Field (Capacitance) Effects | p. 185 |
| Concentration Polarization at Nearly Insulated Wedges | p. 188 |
| Electrokinetic Phenomenon of the Second Kind | p. 200 |
| Extended Polarized Layer: Current-Voltage Relationship | p. 208 |
| Dukhin's Model and Tangential Convection Effects | p. 215 |
| Low Péclet Numbers - The Dukhin Theory | p. 215 |
| High Péclet Numbers - Tangential Convection Enhancement of the Normal Flux | p. 217 |
| Electrokinetic Vortex Generation for Micromixing | p. 221 |
| Dynamic Superconcentration at Critical-Point Double Layer Gates | p. 225 |
| Vortex Instability of Extended Polarized Layers and Selection of Overlimiting Currents | p. 233 |
| Nonlinear Current-Voltage Characteristics of Nanopores | p. 239 |
| AC Nonlinear Electro-Osmosis Due to Field-Induced Double Layer Polarization | p. 251 |
| AC Nonlinear Electrokinetics | p. 251 |
| Derivation of the AC Electro-Osmotic Slip Velocity | p. 257 |
| Double Layer Electrostatic Model | p. 258 |
| Hydrodynamic Model | p. 261 |
| Bulk Potential | p. 263 |
| Flow Reversal | p. 263 |
| Planar Converging Stagnation Flow on Symmetric Coplanar Electrodes | p. 268 |
| Normal Double Layer Charging of Passive Metal Surfaces | p. 276 |
| Electrothermal AC Electro-Osmosis | p. 280 |
| Dielectrophoresis and Electrorotation - Double Layer Effects | p. 284 |
| Ponderomotive Forces | p. 284 |
| Dielectrophoresis | p. 285 |
| Classical Maxwell-Wagner Theory | p. 286 |
| Low-Conductivity Limit (a “D) - Conducting Stern and Diffuse Layer Correction | p. 288 |
| Normal Capacitive Charging | p. 295 |
| Intermediate Conductivity Limit (a | |
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