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    Pulse Reverse Plating of Copper Micro-Structures in Magnetic Gradient Fields
    (Basel : MDPI, 2022) Huang, Mengyuan; Uhlemann, Margitta; Eckert, Kerstin; Mutschke, Gerd
    Micro-structured copper layers are obtained from pulse-reverse electrodeposition on a planar gold electrode that is magnetically patterned by magnetized iron wires underneath. 3D numerical simulations of the electrodeposition based on an adapted reaction kinetics are able to nicely reproduce the micro-structure of the deposit layer, despite the height values still remain underestimated. It is shown that the structuring is enabled by the magnetic gradient force, which generates a local flow that supports deposition and hinders dissolution in the regions of high magnetic gradients. The Lorentz force originating from radial magnetic field components near the rim of the electrode causes a circumferential cell flow. The resulting secondary flow, however, is superseded by the local flow driven by the magnetic gradient force in the vicinity of the wires. Finally, the role of solutal buoyancy effects is discussed to better understand the limitations of structured growth in different modes of deposition and cell geometries.
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    On the electrolyte convection around a hydrogen bubble evolving at a microelectrode under the influence of a magnetic field
    (Pennington, NJ : ECS, 2016) Baczyzmalski, Dominik; Karnbach, Franziska; Yang, Xuegeng; Mutschke, Gerd; Uhlemann, Margitta; Eckert, Kerstin; Cierpka, Christian
    Water electrolysis was carried out in a 1 M H2SO4 solution under different potentiostatic conditions in the presence of a magnetic field oriented normal to the horizontal microelectrode (100 μm in diameter). The imposed magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) electrolyte flow around the evolving hydrogen bubble was studied to clarify the effect on the detachment of the bubble from the electrode and the mass transfer toward the electrode. Different particle imaging and tracking techniques were applied to measure the three-dimensional flow in the bulk of the cell as well as in close vicinity of the evolving bubble. The periodic bubble growth cycle was analyzed by measurements of the current oscillations and microscopic high-speed imaging. In addition, a numerical study of the flow was conducted to support the experimental results. The results demonstrate that the MHD flow imposes only a small stabilizing force on the bubble. However, the observed secondary flow enhances the mass transfer toward the electrode and may reduce the local supersaturation of dissolved hydrogen.
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    3D analysis of low-voltage gas-filled DC switch using simplified arc model
    (Praha : Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Physics, 2019) Gortschakow, S.; Gonzalez, D.; Yu, S.; Werner, F.
    Electro-magnetic simulations have been used for the visualization of distribution of Lorentz force acting on a DC switching arc in low-voltage contactor. A simplified plasma model (black-box model) was applied for the description of arc conductivity. Arc geometry was gained from the high-speed camera images. Influence of arc position, arc current and of external magnetic field has been studied. Results have been compared with optical observations of the arc dynamics.
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    Correlations in multithermostat Brownian systems with Lorentz force
    ([London] : IOP, 2020) Abdoli, Iman; Kalz, Erik; Vuijk, Hidde D.; Wittmann, René; Sommer, Jens-Uwe; Brader, Joseph M.; Sharma, Abhinav
    We study the motion of a Brownian particle subjected to Lorentz force due to an external magnetic field. Each spatial degree of freedom of the particle is coupled to a different thermostat. We show that the magnetic field results in correlation between different velocity components in the stationary state. Integrating the velocity autocorrelation matrix, we obtain the diffusion matrix that enters the Fokker-Planck equation for the probability density. The eigenvectors of the diffusion matrix do not align with the temperature axes. As a consequence the Brownian particle performs spatially correlated diffusion. We further show that in the presence of an isotropic confining potential, an unusual, flux-free steady state emerges which is characterized by a non-Boltzmann density distribution, which can be rotated by reversing the magnetic field. The nontrivial steady state properties of our system result from the Lorentz force induced coupling of the spatial degrees of freedom which cease to exist in equilibrium corresponding to a single-temperature system. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of the Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.