2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20020.x
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The implications of particle rotation on the effect of photophoresis

Abstract: In a laboratory experiment, water-ice aggregates are trapped in a vacuum chamber at a pressure of 2 mbar due to photophoresis and thermophoresis. The particles are located between a Peltier element at the bottom at 250 K and a reservoir of liquid nitrogen at the top at 77 K. Particle sizes vary between 20 micrometres and a few hundred micrometres. It is found that 95% of all the particles rotate about their vertical axis. A qualitative model is developed which explains why particles should mainly align to and … Show more

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“…1(a), the direction of the thermophoretic tension force is perpendicular to the direction of temperature gradient of the surrounding gas and the rotation axis of the particle, which can also be deduced from the above equation. When the spinning axis is parallel to the direction of temperature gradient, the influence of thermophoretic tension force can be neglected, which is in agreement with the observation by van Eymeren & Wurm (2012). However, when the temperature gradient is considerably large and the rotation is moderately fast, the effect of thermophoretic tension force should be considered.…”
Section: Expression Of Thermophoretic Tension Forcesupporting
confidence: 85%
“…1(a), the direction of the thermophoretic tension force is perpendicular to the direction of temperature gradient of the surrounding gas and the rotation axis of the particle, which can also be deduced from the above equation. When the spinning axis is parallel to the direction of temperature gradient, the influence of thermophoretic tension force can be neglected, which is in agreement with the observation by van Eymeren & Wurm (2012). However, when the temperature gradient is considerably large and the rotation is moderately fast, the effect of thermophoretic tension force should be considered.…”
Section: Expression Of Thermophoretic Tension Forcesupporting
confidence: 85%
“…This kind of the coupled spinning and circling motion of a single driven particle (not of Janus type) was discussed in Refs. [17,26]. To drive this kind of particle motion, the spinning and circling frequencies must be locked and the spinning direction fixed and normal to the confining plane.…”
Section: Particle Propulsion Mechanismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Both calculations and laboratory experiments demonstrate that particles can be photophoretically transported at higher levels of disks near its optical surface. At this location, photophoresis can be induced by stellar radiation and thermal radiation from the disk (Wurm and Haack 2009;van Eymeren and Wurm 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%