Transport processes of nanoparticles in gases and liquids

Abstract

This review is devoted to the transport processes in nanofluids. The mechanisms of transport processes in nanofluids are discussed. The kinetic theory of transport processes in gas nano-suspensions is described. The base of this theory is the special potential of interaction of nanoparticle with carrier medium molecule. The results of the kinetic theory are compared with the experimental data. Transport processes of nanoparticles in dense gases and liquids are simulated by the molecular dynamics method. It is shown that in general case the transport processes of nanoparticles in fluids are not described by the classical relations for Brownian particles. In particular the transport coefficients depend on density of nanoparticles.