The Ludwig-Soret effect, the migration of a species due to a temperature gradient, has been extensively studied without a complete picture of its cause emerging. Here we investigate the dynamics of DNA and spherical particles subjected to a thermal gradient using a combination of Brownian dynamics and the lattice Boltzmann method. We observe that the DNA molecules will migrate to colder regions...

Freely propagating and counterflow laminar premixed steady hydrogen/air and methane/air flames are investigated numerically using complex chemistry and detailed transport models. All the transport coefficients in the mixture, including thermal diffusion coefficients, are evaluated using cost-effective, accurate algorithms derived recently by the authors from the kinetic theory of gases. Our num...

This paper demonstrates the existence of self-thermophoresis, a phenomenon whereby a virtual thermophoretic force arising from a temperature gradient in a quiescent single-component liquid or gas acts upon an individual molecule of that fluid in much the same manner as a "real" thermophoretic force acts upon a macroscopic, non-Brownian body immersed in that same fluid. In turn, self-thermophore...

A simple model is presented for the estimation of image blurring in X-ray microscopy of biological specimens in a hydrated environment. The model is essentially based on thermal diffusion of an object to be imaged. The degree of image blurring by diffusion depends on the following situations of the object. The object is free from, is tightly fixed to, or is partially connected to the surroundin...

Observation of discrete, single-molecule binding events allows one to bypass assumptions required to infer single-molecule properties from studies of ensembles of molecules. Optically trapped beads and glass microneedles have been applied to detect single-molecule binding events, but it remains difficult to identify signs of binding events given the large displacements induced by thermal forces...

We present the thermodiffusion, molecular diffusion and Soret coefficients of several binary and ternary mixtures of DCMIX project. All measurements were carried out at 25oC and two experimental techniques have been used such as the thermogravitational column technique (TGC) and the Sliding symmetric Tubes technique (SST). In addition the thermophysical properties of analysed mixtures have been...

In this work we study an r-species mixture of gases within the relativistic kinetic theory point of view. We use the relativistic covariant Boltzmann equation and incorporate the Schwarzschild metric. The method of solution of the Boltzmann equation is a combination of the Chapman-Enskog and Grad representations. The thermodynamic four-fluxes are expressed as functions of the thermodynamic forc...

This work is part of an international project for the research on the transport properties in ternary mixtures. Six different teams have analysed the same mixture by independent techniques in order to compare the results and validate the techniques. This work is the contribution of the team of Mondragon Unibertsitatea for ground conditions measurements. This team has measured the thermodiffusio...

[1] We assess the sensitivity of a subsurface thermodynamic model to the depth of its lower-boundary condition. Analytic solutions to the one-dimensional thermal diffusion equation demonstrate that boundary conditions imposed at shallow depths (2–20 m) corrupt the amplitudes and phases of propagating temperature signals. The presented solutions are for: 1) a homogeneous infinite half-space driv...