Morteza Eslamian*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.2, No.4, pp. 1-20, 2011, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v2.4.3001
Abstract Recent advances in thermodiffusion (Soret effect) in binary and higher multicomponent liquid mixtures are reviewed. The mixtures studied include
the hydrocarbon, associating, molten metal and semiconductor, polymer, and DNA mixtures. The emphasis is placed on the theoretical works,
particularly models based on the nonequilibrium thermodynamics, although other approaches such as the statistical, kinetic and hydrodynamic
approaches are discussed as well. For each mixture, the major theoretical and experimental works are discussed and the research trends and
challenges are addressed. Some of the challenges include a need for combining various methods to develop a comprehensive theoretical model or at
least to… More >
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