Bringuier, E. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 390 (2011) 11, pp. 1861-1875
The paper aims at a molecular understanding of thermodiffusion (the Ludwig–Soret effect) in a liquid binary mixture. To this end, we first review the capabilities of the Maxwell–Stefan description of interdiffusion, which in a liquid rests upon the use of a thermodynamic force. The latter is...