Mechanical forces induced by chemical potential: From thermodynamic principles to environmental applications
What type of forces and motions can be generated by the chemical potential? We address this question through a set of environmentally relevant phenomena in which the chemical potential plays a crucial role. These phenomena include atmospheric pressure, osmotic energy production, and the nucleation of cloud drops, which also illustrate the relationship between the chemical potential and Newtonian forces.
Authors
- Jacco H. Snoeijer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-3024)
- Bruno Andreotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8328-6232)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure - PSL (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure (BI)
- Max Planck University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0252905
- Primary Topic
- Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00