TY - JOUR
T1 - Maxwell stress in fluid mixtures
AU - Sakaue, Takahiro
AU - Ohta, Takao
PY - 2012/2/17
Y1 - 2012/2/17
N2 - We examine the structure of Maxwell stress in binary fluid mixtures under an external electric field and discuss its consequence. In particular, we show that, in immiscible blends, it is intimately related to the statistics of domain structure. This leads to a compact formula, which may be useful in the investigation of electrorheological effects in such systems. The stress tensor calculated in a phase separated fluid under a steady electric field is in a good agreement with recent experiments.
AB - We examine the structure of Maxwell stress in binary fluid mixtures under an external electric field and discuss its consequence. In particular, we show that, in immiscible blends, it is intimately related to the statistics of domain structure. This leads to a compact formula, which may be useful in the investigation of electrorheological effects in such systems. The stress tensor calculated in a phase separated fluid under a steady electric field is in a good agreement with recent experiments.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.078301
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.078301
M3 - Article
C2 - 22401262
AN - SCOPUS:84857241113
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 108
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 7
M1 - 078301
ER -