A method for the combination of microscopic and macroscopic simulations is developed which is based on the invariance of the macroscopic relative to the microscopic dynamics. The method recognizes the onset and breakdown of the macroscopic description during the integration. We apply this method to the case of ferrofluid dynamics, where it switches between direct Brownian dynamics simulations a...

The equation for the quantum motion of a Brownian particle in a gaseous environment is derived by means of S-matrix theory. This quantum version of the linear Boltzmann equation accounts nonperturbatively for the quantum effects of the scattering dynamics and describes decoherence and dissipation in a unified framework. As a completely positive master equation it incorporates both the known equ...

Pore clogging with Brownian particles is of wide interest in filtration processes. We perform experiments where model sub-micrometric pores are clogged using a Brownian suspension. We study the influence of the ionic strength on the clog formation dynamics. The erosion/drag force competition is also studied using a crossflow in the inlet channel. The way the clogs disintegrate after the cloggin...