Nanofluid bioconvection in water-based suspensions containing nanoparticles and oxytactic microorganisms: Oscillatory instability

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kuznetsov, Andrey V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GALERKIN METHODS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; STABILITY;

APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; MOTILE MICRO-ORGANISMS; NANOFLUID BIOCONVECTION; OSCILLATORY INSTABILITY; OXYTACTIC MICROORGANISMS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; BIOCONVECTION; MICRO-SCALES; NANO-FLUID; OSCILLATORY MODE; SLIP VELOCITY; TOTAL MASS; WATER BASED;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 82655187059     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-100     Document Type: Article

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