Microscale modelling of dielectrophoresis assembly processes

A Tiribocchi and A Montessori and M Lauricella and F Bonaccorso and KA Brown and S Succi, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 379, 20200407 (2021).

DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0407

This work presents a microscale approach for simulating the dielectrophoresis assembly of polarizable particles under an external electric field. The model is shown to capture interesting dynamical and topological features, such as the formation of chains of particles and their incipient aggregation into hierarchical structures. A quantitative characterization in terms of the number and size of these structures is also discussed. This computational model could represent a viable numerical tool to study the mechanical properties of particle-based hierarchical materials and suggest new strategies for enhancing their design and manufacture. This article is part of the theme issue 'Progress in mesoscale methods for fluid dynamics simulation'.

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