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Convective flow driven by a chemical nanopump

Yang Ding*

Julyan H. E. Cartwright

Silvana S. S. Cardoso

  • Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom

  • Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC–Universidad de Granada, E-18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain and Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain

  • Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, CB3 0AS Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • *yd263@cam.ac.uk
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Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 082201(R) – Published 10 August, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.082201

Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that self-assembled precipitate membranes with dual permeability can initiate and maintain exchange nanoflows using the chemical-potential gradient of a dissolving solute. Moreover, we show how such chemical energy can drive stable, oscillatory, and explosive convective motions.

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 082201(R)– Published 10 August, 2020
  • Received 3 April 2019
  • Accepted 24 June 2020
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