Friday, December 7, 2012

1212.1289 (Jennifer Galanis et al.)

Controlling the fluid-fluid mixing-demixing phase transition with
electric fields
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Jennifer Galanis, Sela Samin, Yoav Tsori
We review recent theoretical advances on controlling the fluid-fluid phase transition with electric fields. Using a mean-field approach, we compare the effects of uniform versus non-uniform electric fields, and show how non-uniform fields are better at altering the phase diagram. Focusing on non-uniform fields, we then discuss the behavior of the fluid concentration profile and the parameters (temperature, fluid concentration, etc.) that control the location of the fluid-fluid interface from both equilibrium and dynamic perspectives.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.1289

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