Recent experimental and theoretical works have shown that giant fluctuations are present during diffusion in liquid systems. We use linearized fluctuating hydrodynamics to calculate the net mass transfer due to these nonequilibrium fluctuations. Remarkably, the mass flow turns out to coincide with the usual Fick's one. The renormalizaiion of the hydrodynamic equations allows us to quantify the gravitational modifications of the diffusion coefficient induced by the gravitational stabilization of long wavelength fluctuations
Brogioli, D., Vailati, A. (2000). Diffusive mass transfer by nonequilibrium fluctuations: Fick’s law revisited. PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 63(1), 0121051-0121054 [10.1103/PhysRevE.63.012105].
Diffusive mass transfer by nonequilibrium fluctuations: Fick’s law revisited
Brogioli, DC;
2000
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Recent experimental and theoretical works have shown that giant fluctuations are present during diffusion in liquid systems. We use linearized fluctuating hydrodynamics to calculate the net mass transfer due to these nonequilibrium fluctuations. Remarkably, the mass flow turns out to coincide with the usual Fick's one. The renormalizaiion of the hydrodynamic equations allows us to quantify the gravitational modifications of the diffusion coefficient induced by the gravitational stabilization of long wavelength fluctuationsFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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