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In the context of describing electrons in solids as a fluid in the hydrodynamic regime, we consider a flow of electrons in a channel of finite width, i.e.~a Poiseuille flow. The electrons are accelerated by a constant electric field. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Johanna Erdmenger , Ioannis Matthaiakakis , Rene Meyer , David Rodríguez Fernández

A Stokes experiment for foams is proposed. It consists in a two-dimensional flow of a foam, confined between a water subphase and a top plate, around a fixed circular obstacle. We present systematic measurements of the drag exerted by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Benjamin Dollet , Florence Elias , Catherine Quilliet , Arnaud Huillier , Miguel Aubouy , Francois Graner

In this article, we attempt to understand various aspects of turbulent flows in electron hydrodynamics. We analyze a rectangular channel geometry in the presence of an electric field and a Corbino geometry in the presence of a magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Kanad Bhattacharya

Hydrodynamic electron flow is experimentally observed in the differential resistance of electrostatically defined wires in the two-dimensional electron gas in (Al,Ga)As heterostructures. In these experiments current heating is used to…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 M. J. M. de Jong , L. W. Molenkamp

The concept of fluidic viscosity is ubiquitous in our everyday life and for it to arise the fluidic medium must necessarily form a continuum where macroscopic properties can emerge. While a powerful concept for tangible liquids,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-04 Sujatha Vijayakrishnan , Z. Berkson-Korenberg , J. Mainville , L. W. Engel , M. P. Lilly , K. W. West , L. N. Pfeiffer , G. Gervais

We perform a differential resistance study in the hydrodynamic regime of electron liquid in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. At zero magnetic field ($B$) a Lorentzian profile occurs in the nonlinear transport driven by a U-turn (ac) current loop,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Yi Wang , Shu-Yu Zheng , Li Lu , Kai Chang , Chi Zhang

In sufficiently clean metals, it is possible for electrons to collectively flow as a viscous fluid at finite temperature. These viscous effects have been predicted to give a notable magnetoresistance, but whether the magnetoresistance is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-29 Ipsita Mandal , Andrew Lucas

We investigate theoretically on the basis of the steady Stokes equations for a viscous incompressible fluid the flow induced by a Stokeslet located on the centre axis of two coaxially positioned rigid disks. The Stokeslet is directed along…

Recent progress in fabricating high-quality conductors with small densities of defects has initiated the studies of the viscous electron fluid and has motivated the search for the evidences of the hydrodynamic regime of electron transport.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 K. S. Denisov , K. A. Baryshnikov , P. S. Alekseev

In this article we study the local stabilization of the non-homogeneous Navier- Stokes equations in a 2d channel around Poiseuille flow. We design a feedback control of the velocity which acts on the inflow boundary of the domain such that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-12 Sourav Mitra

We study the hydrodynamic flow of electrons through a smooth potential energy landscape in two dimensions, for which the electrical current is concentrated along thin channels that follow percolating equipotential contours. The width of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-24 Aaron Hui , Calvin Pozderac , Brian Skinner

Modern two dimensional conductors with low defect densities and strong electron-electron scattering are favorable platforms for formation of a viscous fluid of conduction electrons. Electric properties of these systems are determined by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 A. N. Afanasiev , P. S. Alekseev

The numerical simulation of a Poiseuille flow in a narrow channel using the molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) is performed. Poiseuille flow of liquid Argon in a carbon nanochannel is simulated by embedding the fluid particles in a uniform…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2017-08-17 Guo Liang Ni , Ming Li He , Yao Zu Hua , Bagher Abareshi

Geometric confinements play an important role in many physical and biological processes and significantly affect the rheology and behavior of colloidal suspensions at low Reynolds numbers. On the basis of the linear Stokes equations, we…

In periodic wave motion, particles beneath the wave undergo a drift in the direction of wave propagation, a phenomenon known as Stokes drift. While extensive research has been conducted on Stokes drift in water wave flows, its counterpart…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-18 Luiz P. Palacio , Marcelo V. Flamarion , Tao Gao , Roberto Ribeiro-Jr

We consider the hydrodynamic flow of an electron fluid in a channel formed in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with no-slip boundary conditions. To generate vorticity in the fluid the flow is influenced by an array of micromagnets on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-06 Jack N. Engdahl , Aydın Cem Keser , Thomas Schmidt , Oleg P. Sushkov

We report the formation of large-scale steady-state whirlpools in a GaAs-based two-dimensional electron liquid and demonstrate them by straightforward transport measurements. A whirlpool forming inside a circular cavity adjoining a wide…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Dmitry A. Egorov , Dmitriy A. Pokhabov , Evgeny Yu. Zhdanov , Andrey A. Shevyrin , Askhat K. Bakarov , Arthur G. Pogosov

We study hydrodynamic interactions of spherical particles in incident Poiseuille flow in a channel with infinite planar walls. The particles are suspended in a Newtonian fluid, and creeping-flow conditions are assumed. Numerical results,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Bhattacharya , J. Blawzdziewicz , E. Wajnryb

We analyse the dynamics of a weakly elastic spherical particle translating parallel to a rigid wall in a quiescent Newtonian fluid in the Stokes limit. The particle motion is constrained parallel to the wall by applying a point force and a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-14 Shashikant Verma , Dinesh B , Navaneeth K Marath

To investigate the link between discrete, small-scale and continuous, large scale mechanical properties of a foam, we observe its two-dimensional flow in a channel, around an elliptical obstacle. We measure the drag, lift and torque acting…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Benjamin Dollet Melanie Durth Francois Graner