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ADVANCES IN THERMODIFFUSION AND THERMOPHORESIS (SORET EFFECT) IN LIQUID MIXTURES
Morteza Eslamian*
School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi, TX, 78412 USA
* Corresponding Author: Phone: 1-361-825-3652; Email:
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2011, 2(4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v2.4.3001
Abstract
Recent advances in thermodiffusion (Soret effect) in binary and higher multicomponent liquid mixtures are reviewed. The mixtures studied include
the hydrocarbon, associating, molten metal and semiconductor, polymer, and DNA mixtures. The emphasis is placed on the theoretical works,
particularly models based on the nonequilibrium thermodynamics, although other approaches such as the statistical, kinetic and hydrodynamic
approaches are discussed as well. For each mixture, the major theoretical and experimental works are discussed and the research trends and
challenges are addressed. Some of the challenges include a need for combining various methods to develop a comprehensive theoretical model or at
least to try to understand the differences and pros and cons of each approach. Thermodiffusion and ordinary diffusion coefficients are scarce in some
mixtures such as binary DNA, molten metal and metal-semiconductor mixtures and all ternary mixtures. Understanding of the molecular structure of
associating mixtures, and modeling of thermodiffusion in such mixtures are also very challenging.
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Eslamian, M. (2011). ADVANCES IN THERMODIFFUSION AND THERMOPHORESIS (SORET EFFECT) IN LIQUID MIXTURES.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2(4), 1–20.