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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2015.39.10.805

Direct-Current Dielectrophoretic Motions of a Pair of Particles due to Interactions with a Nearby Nonconducting Wall  

Kang, Sangmo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dong-A Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.39, no.10, 2015 , pp. 805-815 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study numerically investigated two-dimensional dielectrophoretic motions of a pair of particles suspended freely in a viscous fluid, interacting with a nearby nonconducting planar wall, under an external uniform electric field. The results show that the motions depend strongly on the set of two electric conductivity signs and the particles-wall separation gap. When both particles have the same sign, they revolve and finally align parallel to the electric field. In contrast, with different signs, they revolve in the opposite direction and finally align perpendicular to the field. Simultaneously, they are repelled to move farther away from the wall regardless of their conductivity set. With further separation from the wall, the particles-wall interaction effect diminishes and tthe particle-particle effect dominates.
Keywords
Electric Conductivity; Maxwell Stress Tensor; Particle-Particle Interactions; Wall-Induced Direct-Current Dielectrophoresis;
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