MORTHOMAS, Julien; WÜRGER, Alois

doi:10.1140/epje/i2008-10410-8

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MORTHOMAS, Julien
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]

WÜRGER, Alois
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]

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European Physical Journal E: Soft matter and biological physics. 2008-12-23, vol. 27, p. 425

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We study the thermophoretic coefficient D_{T} of a charged colloid. The non-uniform electrolyte is characterized in terms of densities and diffusion currents of mobile ions. The hydrodynamic treatment in the vicinity of a solute particle relies on the Hückel approximation, which is valid for particles smaller than the Debye length, a≪λ. To leading order in the parameter a/λ, we find that the coefficient D_{T} consists of two contributions, a dielectrophoretic term proportional to the permittivity derivative dε/dT, and a Seebeck term , i.e., the macroscopic electric field induced by the thermal gradient in the electrolyte solution. Depending on the particle valency, these terms may take opposite signs, and their temperature dependence may result in a change of sign of thermophoresis, as observed in several recent experiments.< Réduire

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Thermoelectric effect of charged colloids in the Hückel limit

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