Soft Matter and Complex Systems Seminar

An object immersed in a solution of non-adsorbing polymers issurrounded by a layer where the monomer concentration is lower than inthe bulk solution. How does the depletion layer influence the motionof objects through the solution? We present some theoretical andexperimental results on the diffusive motion of microscopic objectsand on the directed motion of macroscopic objects in the presence ofdepletion layer.