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SUBMITTER: Kobayashi KU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4687040 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20151222
We experimentally study heat transport in a gelatin solution near a reversible sol-gel transition point where viscosity strongly depends on temperature. We visualize the temperature field and velocity field using thermochromic liquid crystals and polystyrene latex particles, respectively. During the initial stages of heating, we find that heat transport undergoes a dynamical transition from conductive to convective. Subsequently, during later stages, we observe that the transport dynamics are mu ...[more]