Role of thermo-osmotic flows at low Reynolds numbers for particle driving and collective motion
The main subject of this thesis is to examine thermo-osmotic flows, which occur on interfaces of non-uniform temperature. Such thermo-osmotic flows are purely non-thermal equilibrium phenomena. Along the non-isothermal interface, specific interaction of a liquid and its solutes with a boundary vary in...
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ndltd-DRESDEN-oai-qucosa.de-bsz-15-qucosa-2066152016-07-12T03:31:34Z Role of thermo-osmotic flows at low Reynolds numbers for particle driving and collective motion Bregulla, Andreas Paul Thermophorese Janus Partikel selbsgetriebene Partikel kollektive Bewegung Thermophoresis self-propelled Janus particles Collective motion ddc:530 The main subject of this thesis is to examine thermo-osmotic flows, which occur on interfaces of non-uniform temperature. Such thermo-osmotic flows are purely non-thermal equilibrium phenomena. Along the non-isothermal interface, specific interaction of a liquid and its solutes with a boundary vary in strength across the interface, according to the local temperature. This boundary can be a solid, a membrane or a phase boundary. The flow is thereby continuously pumping fluid across the interface in direction of the local temperature gradient, resulting in an extended flow pattern in the bulk due to mass conservation. In a system containing particles and heat sources in a liquid under spatial confinement, the thermo-osmotic flow may drive particles in a directed manner, or can lead to collective phenomena. To approach this broad topic of (self-)thermophoresis and collective motion of active particles and quantify the role of the thermo-osmotic flow upon the latter effects, different experiments have been performed: The first experiments aim to quantify the thermo-osmotic flow at a non-isothermal liquid/solid interface for two fundamentally different substrate properties. Further, the bulk flow was investigated for two different systems. The form and spatial extension of this bulk flow pattern depends sensitively on the form of the container and the interface, as well as on the thermo-osmotic flow. The first system is a liquid film confined between two planar glass cover slips. The second case is a Janus particle immobilized on one of the glass slips. In the first case, the non-uniform temperature profile is generated by optical heating of a nanometer sized gold colloid, and in the second case, the heat source is the Janus particle. The bulk flow pattern consists, for the second case, of the flow pattern created by the glass cover slips and the one created by the Janus particle. The following experiments are focusing on the dynamics of mobile self-thermophoretic Janus particles. In particular, their dynamics and the contributions of the thermo-osmotic flow to the interaction of multiple active particles are investigated. To investigate those particles under controlled conditions and examine their interactions at low concentrations for an effectively unlimited amount of time, a real-time feedback algorithm was co-developed to gain control of the motion of multiple active particles simultaneously, called ”photon nudging”. With the help of this method, first experiments have been performed to quantify the dynamics of a Janus particle located close to a heat source. Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften / experimentelle Physik I Prof. Dr. Frank Cichos Prof. Dr. Frank Cichos Prof. Dr. Clemens Bechinger 2016-07-11 doc-type:doctoralThesis application/pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-206615 urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-206615 http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/20661/DISSERTATION_Bregulla.pdf eng |
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The main subject of this thesis is to examine thermo-osmotic flows, which occur on interfaces of non-uniform temperature. Such thermo-osmotic flows are purely non-thermal equilibrium phenomena. Along the non-isothermal interface, specific interaction of a liquid and its solutes with a boundary vary in strength across the interface, according to the local temperature. This boundary can be a solid, a membrane or a phase boundary. The flow is thereby continuously pumping fluid across the interface in direction of the local temperature gradient, resulting in an extended flow pattern in the bulk due to mass conservation. In a system containing particles and heat sources in a liquid under spatial confinement, the thermo-osmotic flow may drive particles in a directed manner, or can lead to collective phenomena. To approach this broad topic of (self-)thermophoresis and collective motion of active particles and quantify the role of the thermo-osmotic flow upon the latter effects, different experiments have been performed:
The first experiments aim to quantify the thermo-osmotic flow at a non-isothermal liquid/solid interface for two fundamentally different substrate properties. Further, the bulk flow was investigated for two different systems. The form and spatial extension of this bulk flow pattern depends sensitively on the form of the container and the interface, as well as on the thermo-osmotic flow. The first system is a liquid film confined between two planar glass cover slips. The second case is a Janus particle immobilized on one of the glass slips. In the first case, the non-uniform temperature profile is generated by optical heating of a nanometer sized gold colloid, and in the second case, the heat source is the Janus particle. The bulk flow pattern consists, for the second case, of the flow pattern created by the glass cover slips and the one created by the Janus particle.
The following experiments are focusing on the dynamics of mobile self-thermophoretic Janus particles. In particular, their dynamics and the contributions of the thermo-osmotic flow to the interaction of multiple active particles are investigated. To investigate those particles under controlled conditions and examine their interactions at low concentrations for an effectively unlimited amount of time, a real-time feedback algorithm was co-developed to gain control of the motion of multiple active particles simultaneously, called ”photon nudging”. With the help of this method, first experiments have been performed to quantify the dynamics of a Janus particle located close to a heat source. |
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Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften / experimentelle Physik I |
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Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften / experimentelle Physik I Bregulla, Andreas Paul |
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Role of thermo-osmotic flows at low Reynolds numbers for particle driving and collective motion |
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Role of thermo-osmotic flows at low Reynolds numbers for particle driving and collective motion |
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Role of thermo-osmotic flows at low Reynolds numbers for particle driving and collective motion |
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Role of thermo-osmotic flows at low Reynolds numbers for particle driving and collective motion |
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Role of thermo-osmotic flows at low Reynolds numbers for particle driving and collective motion |
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role of thermo-osmotic flows at low reynolds numbers for particle driving and collective motion |
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