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arxiv: 2601.00258 · v2 · submitted 2026-01-01 · ❄️ cond-mat.soft · physics.flu-dyn

Self-diffusiophoretic propulsion in wedge confinement: The role of phoretic interactions

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Wedge confinement alters both speed and direction of self-diffusiophoretic particles via concentration reflections.

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The paper calculates the motion of a catalytically active sphere inside a wedge by solving the concentration field that the particle itself creates. It uses the Fourier-Kontorovich-Lebedev transform to handle the Laplace equation and applies the method of images to capture first and second reflections from the walls, keeping only the monopole and dipole parts of the surface activity. The resulting far-field phoretic velocity depends on the wedge opening angle and the particle's distance from the apex. These geometric effects can increase, decrease, or reverse the particle's speed relative to the unconfined case. The work supplies explicit formulas for the velocity contributions that arise purely from the disturbed concentration field near the corner.

Core claim

In the diffusion-dominated regime the phoretic velocity is obtained from the reflected concentration field computed with the Fourier-Kontorovich-Lebedev transform and the method of images; the monopole and dipole contributions produce leading-order velocity expressions whose magnitude and direction vary with wedge opening angle and particle position inside the domain.

What carries the argument

Fourier-Kontorovich-Lebedev transform together with the method of images applied to the monopole and dipole terms of the surface activity to construct the reflected concentration field.

If this is right

  • The phoretic velocity magnitude changes with wedge opening angle.
  • The direction of motion can reverse depending on the particle's position inside the wedge.
  • Near-corner concentration disturbances supply a calculable contribution to the total propulsion.
  • The same image-construction approach supplies a systematic route for velocity calculations in other confined microfluidic geometries.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same transform-plus-image procedure can be extended to other corner-like confinements such as tapered channels.
  • Experiments that vary wedge angle while tracking particle trajectories would directly test the predicted velocity formulas.
  • Adding hydrodynamic interactions would rescale the quantitative velocities while leaving the geometric dependence on angle and position intact.

Load-bearing premise

Hydrodynamic effects can be neglected so that velocity is determined solely by the reflected concentration field in the diffusion-dominated limit.

What would settle it

Measure the propulsion velocity vector of a catalytically active particle at several distances from the apex inside wedges of different opening angles and check whether the observed direction changes match the sign predicted by the image-reflected concentration.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2601.00258 by Abdallah Daddi-Moussa-Ider, Ramin Golestanian.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: A catalytically active particle of radius [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Contour plots of the scaled monopole concentration [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Contour plots of the scaled monopole concentration [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Contour plots of the scaled dipole concentration field [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Contour plots of the scaled dipole concentration field [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Scaled phoretic velocity induced by a source monopole [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Axial component of the scaled phoretic velocity arising [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Variation of the scaled in-plane velocity arising from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_8.png] view at source ↗
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We investigate the self-diffusiophoretic motion of a catalytically active spherical particle confined within a wedge-shaped domain. Using the Fourier-Kontorovich-Lebedev transform, we solve the Laplace equation for the concentration field in the diffusion-dominated regime. The method of images is employed to obtain the first and second reflections of the concentration field, accounting for both monopole and dipole contributions of the particle's surface activity. Based on these results, we derive leading-order expressions for the self-induced phoretic velocity in the far-field limit and examine how it varies with the wedge opening angle and the particle's position within the domain. We focus on the contributions to the phoretic velocities arising from phoretic interactions, without accounting for hydrodynamic effects. Our findings reveal that the wedge geometry significantly affects both the magnitude and direction of particle motion. Our study provides a systematic framework for calculating the contributions to the phoretic velocity arising from concentration disturbances near corners, with implications for microfluidic design and control of autophoretic particles in confined geometries.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript investigates self-diffusiophoretic motion of a catalytically active spherical particle confined in a wedge-shaped domain. It solves the Laplace equation for the concentration field via the Fourier-Kontorovich-Lebedev transform, applies the method of images for first- and second-order monopole and dipole reflections, and derives leading-order far-field phoretic velocity expressions that depend on wedge opening angle and particle position. The analysis explicitly restricts itself to phoretic interactions and omits hydrodynamic effects, concluding that wedge geometry significantly alters both the magnitude and direction of motion.

Significance. If the phoretic-only results hold within their stated regime, the work supplies a systematic, transform-based framework for computing concentration-induced velocity contributions near corners, which is useful for microfluidic design of autophoretic particles. The parameter-free character of the image-reflected solutions and the explicit far-field asymptotics are technical strengths.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract and the velocity-derivation section: the central claim that wedge geometry reverses the direction of motion is obtained solely from the phoretic slip velocity computed via concentration reflections; no quantitative regime estimate (e.g., bounds on Péclet number, Damköhler number, or confinement ratio) is supplied to show that wall-induced Stokes flow remains negligible, so the reported direction changes may not survive once hydrodynamic drag and pressure-driven flows are restored.
  2. [Methods] The diffusion-dominated assumption underlying the Laplace-equation solution: without explicit error bounds or comparison to the full advection-diffusion-Stokes problem, it is unclear whether the leading-order velocity expressions remain predictive for experimentally accessible wedge angles and particle-wall separations.
minor comments (2)
  1. Define all symbols appearing in the image-reflection formulae (e.g., the precise form of the Kontorovich-Lebedev kernel and the dipole strength) at first use.
  2. Add a brief paragraph comparing the present phoretic-only results to existing hydrodynamic treatments of autophoretic particles in wedges or channels.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive comments. Our manuscript is explicitly restricted to phoretic interactions in the diffusion-dominated regime, as stated throughout the text. We address each major comment below and indicate planned revisions.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract and the velocity-derivation section: the central claim that wedge geometry reverses the direction of motion is obtained solely from the phoretic slip velocity computed via concentration reflections; no quantitative regime estimate (e.g., bounds on Péclet number, Damköhler number, or confinement ratio) is supplied to show that wall-induced Stokes flow remains negligible, so the reported direction changes may not survive once hydrodynamic drag and pressure-driven flows are restored.

    Authors: The manuscript explicitly omits hydrodynamic effects and focuses on phoretic contributions from reflected concentration fields, as noted in the abstract and introduction. The direction reversal is therefore a phoretic effect within this approximation. We agree that a regime discussion strengthens the presentation. In the revision we will add a paragraph with order-of-magnitude estimates (Pe ≪ 1, typical Damköhler numbers for catalytic particles, and far-field confinement ratios) drawn from the experimental literature to delineate where the phoretic-only results are expected to dominate. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Methods] The diffusion-dominated assumption underlying the Laplace-equation solution: without explicit error bounds or comparison to the full advection-diffusion-Stokes problem, it is unclear whether the leading-order velocity expressions remain predictive for experimentally accessible wedge angles and particle-wall separations.

    Authors: The Laplace-equation solution is derived under the standard diffusion-dominated limit (Pe ≪ 1) appropriate for many autophoretic systems. We will expand the methods section to include a short discussion of the validity conditions, referencing characteristic experimental parameters for wedge angles and separations where advection remains negligible relative to diffusion. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: direct solution of Laplace equation via transforms and images

full rationale

The derivation solves the concentration field from the Laplace equation subject to boundary conditions using the Fourier-Kontorovich-Lebedev transform and first/second image reflections for monopole and dipole terms. Leading-order phoretic velocity is then obtained directly from the resulting concentration gradients in the far-field limit. No fitted parameters are renamed as predictions, no quantities are defined in terms of the outputs they produce, and no load-bearing self-citations reduce the central result to prior unverified work by the same authors. The explicit omission of hydrodynamic effects is a stated modeling choice rather than a hidden circularity.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on the assumption that the concentration field can be solved independently of hydrodynamics in the diffusion limit, using linear superposition for reflections.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption The system operates in the diffusion-dominated regime where the concentration field satisfies the Laplace equation.
    Explicitly stated in the abstract as the basis for the solution method.

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