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Dielectrophoresis of microparticles in suspensions.

Dong Lei. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-80). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction to dielectrophoresis --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Overview of recent works on dielectrophoresis --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objectives of the thesis --- p.3 / Chapter 2 --- Dielectrophoresis of homogeneous dielectric spheres in suspen- sions --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Multiple image method for a pair of homogeneous colloidal par- ticles --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Derivation of the dipole factor --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- DEP force for a pair of dielectric spheres --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Multiple image method for the dipole factor of a pair of approaching dielectric spheres --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Spectral representation and the DEP dispersion spectrum --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- Numerical results --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.21 / Chapter 3 --- Electro-orientation of colloidal suspensions --- p.24 / Chapter 3.1 --- Turn-over frequency in electro-orientation --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2 --- Force between a pair of polarized spheres --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3 --- Many-body effects --- p.34 / Chapter 3.4 --- Multipole force due to an intrinsic dispersion --- p.36 / Chapter 3.5 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.40 / Chapter 4 --- Exact solutions for graded dielectric spheres in suspensions --- p.42 / Chapter 4.1 --- Exact solutions for the dipole factor --- p.43 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Exact solution for a power-law profile --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Exact solution for a linear profile with a small slope --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Exact solution of dipole factor for coated microparticles . --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2 --- Comparison between the first-principle approach and other methods --- p.54 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Comparison with the differential effective dipole approx- imation --- p.55 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Comparison with the variational approach --- p.56 / Chapter 4.3 --- Effective dielectric constant in the cellular model --- p.59 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.62 / Chapter 5 --- Dielectrophoresis of graded dielectric spheres in suspensions --- p.64 / Chapter 5.1 --- Dielectric response of an isolated graded sphere --- p.66 / Chapter 5.2 --- Dielectric response of a pair of touching graded spheres --- p.69 / Chapter 5.3 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.71 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.73 / Bibliography --- p.75

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324413
Date January 2003
ContributorsDong, Lei., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, ix, 80 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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