In this paper the thermal convective instabilities of a binary nanofluid is theoretically investigated. In order to analyze a binary nanofluid, an addition factor is proposed under linear stability theory which is applied to the stability analysis of normal fluid. The factor describes the effect of nanoparticles on the convective instability of a basefluid. The Soret effect which represents the...

Assimilatory NAD(P)H-nitrate reductase (EC 1.6.6.2) from Ankistrodesmus braunii has been purified to homogeneity by affinity chromatography on blue Sepharose. The specific activity of the purified enzyme is in the range of 72 to 80 units/mg of protein. The electronic spectrum of the native enzyme shows absorption maxima at 278, 414 (Soret), 532 (beta), 562 (alpha), and 669 nm and shoulders at 4...

Utilizing the Soret effect, we have employed a moderately focused laser beam (30 microm, 20 mW) to write spatial composition patterns into layers of the critical polymer blend poly(dimethyl siloxane)/poly(ethyl-methyl siloxane) (PDMS/PEMS, M(w)=16.4/22.8 kg/mol) both in the one- and in the two-phase region a few degrees above and below the critical temperature T(c)=37.7 degrees C. Because of th...

Two novel triads connecting a BODIPY to ethylenediamine substituted porphyrins via triazine linker have been synthesized and characterized. One of the is linear D-A structure with one (D) porphyrin (A) bridged by other branched A-D4 core linked four units. The show extended absorption in visible region contributions from both (Soret band centred at 410–430 nm) units (strong ≈ 502 good agreement...

Irradiation with 405-nm visible violet LED light without additional photosensitizers decreased the viability of aggressive periodontopathic bacterium Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. The number CFU/mL linearly on a logarithm chart versus irradiation time, 1-log reduction time 1.32 min. antimicrobial photodynamic effect involved inhibition activity membrane-bound cytochrome bd, terminal qu...

The effects of thermal radiation, Soret and Dufour parameters on mixed convection and nanofluid flow over a stretching sheet in the presence of a magnetic field are investigated. The flow is subject to temperature dependent viscosity and a chemical reaction parameter. It is assumed that the nanoparticle volume fraction at the wall may be actively controlled. The physical problem is modelled usi...

The primary theme of this communication is to employ convective condition of mass transfer in the theory of peristalsis. The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) peristaltic transport of viscous liquid in an asymmetric channel was considered for this purpose. Effects of Ohmic heating and Soret and Dufour are presented. The governing mathematical model was expressed in terms of closed form solution express...

In this study, a two-dimensional steady state double-diffusive mixed convective flow in a square cavity with Soret effect is presented. The numerical investigation is considered with two different conditions, (a) top and bottom walls move with same velocity (Uo) towards right and (b) top wall moves towards right and bottom wall moves towards left with the same velocity (Uo). The left and right ...

Results on thermodiffusion of poly~ethylene oxide! and colloidal boehmite (g-AlOOH! rods in ethanol/water mixtures are presented. Data were obtained using thermal diffusion forced Rayleigh scattering. The sign of the Soret coefficient of the boehmite rods changes from positive to negative with increasing water content, i.e., at sufficiently high water content the colloidal particles move to hig...

A lattice Boltzmann model is proposed to asses the impact of variable molecular transport effects on the heat and mass transfer in a horizontal shallow cavity due to natural convection. The formulation includes a generalized form of the Soret and Dufour mass and heat diffusion (cross diffusion) vectors derived from non-equilibrium thermodynamics and fluctuation theory. Both the individual cross...