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We study thermal diffusion in binary mixtures in the framework of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Our formal result displays the role of partial enthalpies and Onsager's generalized mobilities. The mobility ratio provides a measure for the…
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Understandings heat transfer across a solid/liquid interface is important to develop new pathways to improve thermal management in various energy applications. One of the important questions that arises in this context is the impact of…
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We study isothermal transport of a nonelectrolyte binary fluid mixture, which lies in the homogeneous phase near the demixing critical point, through a capillary tube connecting two reservoirs. Usually, one component is preferentially…
An original boundary integral formulation is proposed for the problem of a semi-infinite crack at the interface between two dissimilar elastic materials in the presence of heat flows and mass diffusion. Symmetric and skew-symmetric weight…
The clearing up of a wave nature of the energy and mass transfer phenomena in classical expressions of the molecular-kinetic theory has allowed to find a quantitative measure of intensity of processes of a thermal conductivity, viscosity…
This study presents a new strategy for achieving ultralow thermal conductivity in nonporous polymer/organic filler hybrids by suppressing heat capacity through tailored atomic vibrations to enhance thermal insulation. Unlike conventional…
For a well-stirred multiphase fluid systems the mean interface area per unit volume, $(\delta{S}/\delta{V})$, is a significant characteristic of the system state. In particular, it is important for the dynamics of systems of immiscible…
Simulation of transport properties of confined, low-dimensional fluids can be performed efficiently by means of Multi-Particle Collision (MPC) dynamics with suitable thermal-wall boundary conditions. We illustrate the effectiveness of the…