Forces Induced by Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir Effect
The notion of fluctuation-induced forces is generalized to the cases where the fluctuations have nonequilibrium origin. It is shown that a net force is exerted on a single flat plate that restricts scale-free fluctuations of a scalar field in a temperature gradient. This force tends to push the obje...
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| author | Najafi, A Golestanian, R |
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| description | The notion of fluctuation-induced forces is generalized to the cases where the fluctuations have nonequilibrium origin. It is shown that a net force is exerted on a single flat plate that restricts scale-free fluctuations of a scalar field in a temperature gradient. This force tends to push the object to the colder regions, which is a manifestation of thermophoresis or the Soret effect. In the classic two-plate geometry, it is shown that the Casimir forces exerted on the two plates differ from each other, and thus the Newton's third law is violated. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b276e8f9-8fa8-44e3-8518-c4df18cfa1af2022-03-27T04:11:54ZForces Induced by Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir EffectJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b276e8f9-8fa8-44e3-8518-c4df18cfa1afEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Najafi, AGolestanian, RThe notion of fluctuation-induced forces is generalized to the cases where the fluctuations have nonequilibrium origin. It is shown that a net force is exerted on a single flat plate that restricts scale-free fluctuations of a scalar field in a temperature gradient. This force tends to push the object to the colder regions, which is a manifestation of thermophoresis or the Soret effect. In the classic two-plate geometry, it is shown that the Casimir forces exerted on the two plates differ from each other, and thus the Newton's third law is violated. |
| spellingShingle | Najafi, A Golestanian, R Forces Induced by Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir Effect |
| title | Forces Induced by Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir Effect |
| title_full | Forces Induced by Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir Effect |
| title_fullStr | Forces Induced by Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir Effect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forces Induced by Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir Effect |
| title_short | Forces Induced by Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir Effect |
| title_sort | forces induced by non equilibrium fluctuations the soret casimir effect |
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