Synopses & Reviews
The focus of this book is on the interactions of small particles, in the size range of microns to millimeters, with electric or magnetic fields. This field has particularly useful practical applications, for instance in photocopier technology and lately in the characterization and manipulation of cells and DNA molecules. The author's objective is to bring together diverse examples of field-particle interactions from many areas of science and technology and then to provide a framework for understanding their common electromechanical phenomena. Using examples from dielectrophoresis, magnetic brush xerography, electrorheology, cell electrorotation, and particle chain rotation, Professor Jones introduces a general model--the effective dipole method--to build a set of predictive models for the forces and torques responsible for the important electromechanical effects. In the last part of the book, the author covers the ubiquitous phenomenon of particle chaining. This book will be highly useful to material engineers and scientists, chemists, and biologists who work with particles, powders, or granular materials.
Review
"A definitive account...of the electromechanical interactions that govern the behavior of single particles and aggregates of particles..."
Mechanical Engineering
Synopsis
Electromechanics of Particles is the first book to describe field-particle interactions in diverse areas of science and technology and to show that these quite different technologies are based on similar electromechanical phenomena. It is written in a clear and engaging style and includes numerous real-world examples and a general, easy-to-use predictive model useful to engineers and scientists who work with particles or powders and granular materials.
Synopsis
Because all particles have electrical and magnetic properties associated with their shape and the materials of which they are constituted, they experience forces and torques when subjected to electric and/or magnetic fields. This book offers a lucid account of the electromechanical interactions that govern the behaviour of particles when an electric or magnetic field is present.
Synopsis
Small particles ranging from one micron to one millimetre in size are increasingly important in technology, from electrostatic copiers to manipulation of individual biological cells and DNA molecules. Because all particles have electrical and magnetic properties associated with their shape and their material, they experience forces and torques when subjected to electric and/or magnetic fields. This account of the electromechanical interactions that govern the behaviour of particles when an electric or magnetic field is present contains numerous real-world examples. The book will be of interest to researchers in biophysics, chemical, biomedical, electrical and mechanical engineering.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-262) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction; Fundamentals; Dielectrophoresis and magnetophoresis; Particle rotation; Orientation of non-spherical particles; Theory of particle chains; Force interactions between particles; Appendices.