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
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324413 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Contributors | Dong, Lei., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, ix, 80 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use 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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