Diffusiophoresis of a sphere along the axis of a cylindrical pore

Jyh-Ping Hsu1, Wei-Lun Hsu, Ming-Hong Ku

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Taiwan, ROC. jphsu@ntu.edu.tw

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