Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Microscale Thermophoresis in Liquid.

ABSTRACT: Microscale thermophoresis (MST) has garnered significant attention as a manipulation method for chemical species ranging from nanometers to micrometers in liquids. In particular, techniques for manipulating single nanometer-sized objects have been developed by driving MST through laser heating with near-infrared wavelengths focused down to submicron scales or via photothermal conversion of plasmonic nanoparticles. While MST simulations on a macroscopic scale can be addressed by solving the diffusion equation using the finite element method, alternative computational approaches are required to investigate thermophoretic behavior at the single-particle level. For this purpose, we have developed a numerical method for the thermophoresis of individual nanoparticles diffusing in a liquid by com

SUBMITTER: Ide K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822484 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature