Thermal diffusion in a binary liquid due to rectified molecular fluctuations
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Physical Review E : Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 2011-03-18, vol. 83, n° 3, p. 030501 (4)
American Physical Society
Résumé en anglais
The Soret motion in binary liquids is shown to arise to a large extent from rectified velocity fluctuations. From a hard-bead model with elastic collisions in a nonuniform temperature, we derive a net force on each molecule, ...Lire la suite >
Mots clés en anglais
Soret effect
binary liquids
thermophoresis