Abstract
Brownian colloidal particles dispersed in a fluid with a temperature gradient experience a driving force which produces a large biased steady density profile. This phenomenon, named thermophoresis, is quantified by the Soret coefficient $$S_T$$ . This problem is studied here within the Fokker–Planck formalism. Using the experimental observation of $$S_T$$ it is possible to extract relevant analytical information about a temperature dependent nonequilibrium effective potential which can produce the thermophoresis force. It will be presented here a statistical physics derivation of this effective potential in terms of some physical parameters. Experimental data are analyzed within this theoretical scenario.
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