Controlling the fluid-fluid mixing-demixing phase transition with electric fields
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1212.1289,
title = {Controlling the fluid-fluid mixing-demixing phase transition with electric fields},
author = {Jennifer Galanis and Sela Samin and Yoav Tsori},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.1289},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
To be published in Electrostatics of Soft and Disordered Matter, D.S. Dean, J. Dobnikar, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Eds., Proceedings of the CECAM Workshop "New challenges in Electrostatics of Soft and Disordered Matter" (Pan Stanford, 2013 in press)