In this paper we study the process termed thermal regelation at single particle level. We experimentally extract the physical parameters that determine the interactions between ice and the silica particle for the regelation process. As the premelted layer around the particle plays a key role here, we use the extracted parameters to calculate the thickness of this thin premelted layer, at different given particle sizes.
@article{arxiv.2006.15625,
title = {Thermal Regelation of a Single Particle},
author = {Siyu Chen and Julia M. H. Schollick and Roel P. A. Dullens and Dirk G. A. L. Aarts},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.15625},
year = {2020}
}