Electro-Thermo-Plasmonic Flow in Gold Nanoparticle Suspensions: Nonlinear Flow Velocity Dependence with Aggregates Concentration

Carlos David González Gómez, Raúl A. Rica, Emilio Ruiz-Reina

Efficient mixing and pumping of liquids at the microscale is a technology that is still to be optimized. The combination of an AC electric field with a small temperature gradient l…