Shear, dilation, and swap: mixing in the limit of fast diffusion

Molecules of different species mix by local rearrangement and long-range migration. Under certain conditions, the molecules are partially jammed: they rearrange slowly, but migrate fast. Here we formulate a theory of mixing when the long-range migration of molecules is fast, and the local rearrangem...

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Main Authors: Brassart, L, Liu, Q, Suo, Z
פורמט: Journal article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Elsevier 2016
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Liu, Q
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description Molecules of different species mix by local rearrangement and long-range migration. Under certain conditions, the molecules are partially jammed: they rearrange slowly, but migrate fast. Here we formulate a theory of mixing when the long-range migration of molecules is fast, and the local rearrangement of molecules sets the time needed for mixing. In this limit, the time needed for mixing is independent of the length scale of inhomogeneity. We identify three modes of local rearrangement: shear, dilation, and swap. All three modes break and form intermolecular bonds. We place the three modes on equal footing, as distinct, concurrent, nonequilibrium processes. Our theory thus removes the bias that assumes local chemical equilibrium but allows the nonequilibrium process of shear. We propose a kinetic model of four independent viscosity-like coefficients, and a thermodynamic model of ideal mixing of molecules of unequal sizes and nonzero volume of mixing. We illustrate the theory with several examples, including the development of growth stress, the homogenization of a bilayer, and the disappearance of an inclusion in a matrix.
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spelling oxford-uuid:dfaf7f61-b715-4074-b2a8-1682a98e2bc62022-03-27T09:41:17ZShear, dilation, and swap: mixing in the limit of fast diffusionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:dfaf7f61-b715-4074-b2a8-1682a98e2bc6EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2016Brassart, LLiu, QSuo, ZMolecules of different species mix by local rearrangement and long-range migration. Under certain conditions, the molecules are partially jammed: they rearrange slowly, but migrate fast. Here we formulate a theory of mixing when the long-range migration of molecules is fast, and the local rearrangement of molecules sets the time needed for mixing. In this limit, the time needed for mixing is independent of the length scale of inhomogeneity. We identify three modes of local rearrangement: shear, dilation, and swap. All three modes break and form intermolecular bonds. We place the three modes on equal footing, as distinct, concurrent, nonequilibrium processes. Our theory thus removes the bias that assumes local chemical equilibrium but allows the nonequilibrium process of shear. We propose a kinetic model of four independent viscosity-like coefficients, and a thermodynamic model of ideal mixing of molecules of unequal sizes and nonzero volume of mixing. We illustrate the theory with several examples, including the development of growth stress, the homogenization of a bilayer, and the disappearance of an inclusion in a matrix.
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Shear, dilation, and swap: mixing in the limit of fast diffusion
title Shear, dilation, and swap: mixing in the limit of fast diffusion
title_full Shear, dilation, and swap: mixing in the limit of fast diffusion
title_fullStr Shear, dilation, and swap: mixing in the limit of fast diffusion
title_full_unstemmed Shear, dilation, and swap: mixing in the limit of fast diffusion
title_short Shear, dilation, and swap: mixing in the limit of fast diffusion
title_sort shear dilation and swap mixing in the limit of fast diffusion
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