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Realistic rotating convection in a DNA suspension

  • D. Laroze
  • , J. Martínez-Mardones
  • , J. Bragard
  • , C. Pérez-García
  • Universidad de Chile
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
  • University of Navarra

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Abstract

In this work we report theoretical and numerical results on convection in a viscoelastic binary mixture under rotation for realistic rigid-rigid boundary conditions. We focus our analysis in the DNA aqueous suspensions. Instability thresholds for oscillatory convection are calculated. Finally, we analyze the stabilizing effect for the onset of convection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)433-438
Number of pages6
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume385
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Binary mixture
  • Thermal convection
  • Viscoelastic fluid

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