Thermo-osmotic slip flows around a thermophoretic microparticle characterized by optical trapping of tracers

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Main Authors: Tsuji, Tetsuro, Mei, Satoshi, Taguchi, Satoshi
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author Tsuji, Tetsuro
Mei, Satoshi
Taguchi, Satoshi
author_facet Tsuji, Tetsuro
Mei, Satoshi
Taguchi, Satoshi
contents Thermo-osmotic flow around a microparticle in a liquid is characterized by observing and analyzing the distribution of tiny particles, i.e., tracers, near the microparticle's surface. First, an optical trapping laser is used to localize the tracer motion along a circular path near the circumference of the microparticle. Then, upon creating an overall temperature gradient in the liquid, the tracers on the circular path, originally uniformly distributed, gather towards the hotter side of the microparticle, indicating a flow along the particle toward the hot. Analyzing the tracer distribution further, it is found that (i) the flow magnitude decreases with the distance from the surface, and (ii) changing the surface property of the microparticle results in a change in the flow magnitude. These show that the observed flow is a thermally induced slip flow along the microparticle's surface. Then, assuming a simple slip boundary condition for a fluid equation, we evaluate the magnitude of the slip coefficient based on two experimental data: (i) the thermophoretic velocity of the microparticle and (ii) the thermo-osmotic flow around the microparticle. The results of the two approaches are in quantitative agreement. They are also compared with those of theoretical models for a slip flow in existing studies.
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spellingShingle Thermo-osmotic slip flows around a thermophoretic microparticle characterized by optical trapping of tracers
Tsuji, Tetsuro
Mei, Satoshi
Taguchi, Satoshi
Fluid Dynamics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Applied Physics
Optics
Thermo-osmotic flow around a microparticle in a liquid is characterized by observing and analyzing the distribution of tiny particles, i.e., tracers, near the microparticle's surface. First, an optical trapping laser is used to localize the tracer motion along a circular path near the circumference of the microparticle. Then, upon creating an overall temperature gradient in the liquid, the tracers on the circular path, originally uniformly distributed, gather towards the hotter side of the microparticle, indicating a flow along the particle toward the hot. Analyzing the tracer distribution further, it is found that (i) the flow magnitude decreases with the distance from the surface, and (ii) changing the surface property of the microparticle results in a change in the flow magnitude. These show that the observed flow is a thermally induced slip flow along the microparticle's surface. Then, assuming a simple slip boundary condition for a fluid equation, we evaluate the magnitude of the slip coefficient based on two experimental data: (i) the thermophoretic velocity of the microparticle and (ii) the thermo-osmotic flow around the microparticle. The results of the two approaches are in quantitative agreement. They are also compared with those of theoretical models for a slip flow in existing studies.
title Thermo-osmotic slip flows around a thermophoretic microparticle characterized by optical trapping of tracers
topic Fluid Dynamics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Applied Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08207