Publications
Selection, last 30 years:
1. E. Blums. Thermomagnetophoresis of Particles in Magnetic Suspensions, Magnetohydrodynamics, 15 (1979) No. 1, 18-22.
2. E. Blums, G. Kronkalns, R. Ozols. The Characteristics of Mass Transfer Processes in Magnetic Fluids, J. Magn. and Magn. Mat., 39 (1983) No. 1/2, 142-146.
3. J. Plavins, E. Blums. Magnetic Parameters of Blood Cells and High-Gradient Paramagnetic and Diamagnetic Phoresis. Magnetohydrodynamics, 19 (1983) 4, 349-359.
4. E. Blums. Free Convection in an Isothermic Magnetic Fluid Caused by Magnetophoretic Transport of Particles in the Presence of Nonuniform Magnetic Field, J. Magn. and Magn. Mat., 65 (1986) No. 2/3, 343-346.
5. E. Blums, A. Yu. Chukhrov, A. Rimsa. Some Problems of Submicron Particle Transfer near the Filter Element at High-Gradient Magnetic Separation, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 30 (1987) No. 8, 1607-1613.
6. E. Blums, A. Yu. Chukhrov. Separation Processes in Polydisperse Magnetic Fluids, J. Magn. and Magn. Mat., 122 (1993), 110-114.
7. E. Blums. New Applications of Heat and Mass Transfer Processes in Temperature-Sensitive Magnetic Fluids, Brazilian J. Phys., 25 (1995), No. 2, 112-117.
8. E. Blums, H. Sandner, S. Odenbach. Mass Transfer during Particle Magnetophoresis in Diluted Ferrocolloids, Zs. Physik B, 96 (1995), 563-566.
9. E. Blums. Some New Problems of Complex Thermomagnetic and Diffusion Driven Convection in Magnetic Colloids, J. Magn. and Magn. Mat., 149 (1995), Nos. 1-2, 111-115.
10. E. Blums, A. Mezulis, M. Maiorov, G. Kronkalns. Thermal Diffusion of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Ferrocolloids: Experiments on Particle Separation in Vertical Columns, J. Magn. and Magn. Materials, 169 (1997), 220-228.
11. E. Blums, S. Odenbach, A. Mezulis, M. Maiorov. Soret Coefficient of Nanoparticles in Ferrofluids in the Presence of a Magnetic Field, Physics of Fluids 10 (1998), No. 9, 2155-2163.
12. E. Auzans, D. Zins, E. Blums, R. Massart. Synthesis and Properties of Mn-Zn Ferrite Ferrofluids, J. Material Science, 34 (1999), 1253-1260.
13. E. Blums. Mass Transfer in Non-Isothermal Ferrocolloids under the Effect of a Magnetic Field, J. Magn. and Magn. Mat., 1999 (201) No. 1-3, 242-247.
14. E. Blums, S. Odenbach, A. Mezulis, M. Maiorov. Magnetic Soret Effect in a Hydrocarbon Based Colloid Containing Surfacted Mn-Zn Ferrite Particles, J. Magn. and Magn. Mat., 201 (1999), No. 1-3, 268-270.
15. M Wagener, B. Gunther, E. Blums. Preparation of oxidation resistant cobalt oil colloids, J. Magn. and Magn. Mat., 201 (1999), No. 1-3, 18-22.
16. E. Auzāns, D. Zins, M. Maiorov, E. Blums, R. Massart. Properties of Mn-Zn Ferrite Nanoparticles for Aqueous Ferrofluids, Magnetohydrodynamics, 35 (1999), No. 1, 78-86.
17. E. Blums, S. Odenbach. Thermophoretic Separation of Ultrafine Particles In Ferrofluids in Thermal Diffusion Column under the Effect of a MHD Convection, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 43, (2000), No. 9, 1637-1649.
18. E. Blums, S. Odenbach. Dynamics of Thermodiffusive Separation of Ferrofluids in Vertical Columns: the Effect of Solute Buoyancy, Magnetohydrodynamics, 37, (2001), No. 1/2, 187-194.
19. T. Voelker, E. Blums, S. Odenbach, Thermodiffusive Processes in Ferrofluids, Magnetohydrodynamics, 37, (2001) No. 3, 274-278.
20. E. Blums, A. Mezulis, N. Buske, M. Maiorov. Thermophoretic Separation of a Ferrofluid-Water Emulsion: Preliminary Experiments, J. Magn. Magn. Materials, 252 (2002), 215-217.
21. E. Blums. Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena, J. Magn. Magn. Mat., 252 (2002), 189-193.
22. A. Mezulis, M. Maiorov, E. Blums. Transport Properties of an Ionic Magnetic Colloid: Experimental Study of Increasing the Ionic Strength, J. Magn. Magn. Mat., 252 (2002), 221-223.
23. T. Völker, E. Blums, S. Odenbach. Thermodiffusion in Magnetic Fluids, J. Magn. Magn. Mat., 252 (2002) 218-220.
24. E. Blums. Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena, In: Lecture Notes in Physics,. 594 Ferrofluids: Magnetically Controllable Liqiuds and Applications, Ed. S. Odenbach, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, (2003), p. 124-139.
25. E. Blums. Thermodiffusive Separation of Ferrofluids in Vertical Column under the Effect of a Combined Thermal and Soret Driven Convection, Magnetohydrodynamics, 38 (2002) 3 253-264.
26. E. Blums. Magnetic Soret Effect in Ferrofluids: Experimental Results and New Problems, Magnetohydrodynamics, 39 (2003) No.3, 351 – 358.
27. A. Mezulis, E. Blums. Two-Dimensional Determining of the Transport Coefficients under an Applied Magnetic Field, Magnetohydrodynamics, 39 (2003), No 3, 367 - 374.
28. T. Voelker, E. Blums, S. Odenbach. Determination of the Soret Coefficient of Magnetic Particles in a Ferrofluid from the Steady and Unsteady Part of the Separation Curve, International J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 47 (September 2004) , Issues 19-20,4315-4325.
29. E. Blums. New Problems of Particle Transfer in Ferrocolloids: Soret Effect and Thermoosmosis, The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter, 15 (November 2004) No. 3, 271-276.
30. A. Mezulis and E. Blums. Experimental investigations of the microconvective instability in optically induced gratings, Magnetohydrodynamics, 2004, 40, No 4, 337 - 344.
31. E. Blums. New Transport Properties of Ferrocolloids: Magnetic Soret Effect and Thermomagnetoosmosis, J. Magn. and Magn. Mat., 289 (March, 2005), 246-249.
32. E. Blums, G. Kronkalns, M.M. Maiorov, A. Mezulis. Thermoosmotic Trans-fer of Sterically Stabilized Ferrofluid Particles in Nonisothermal Capillary Porous Layer, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 289 (March, 2005), 275-277.
33. V. Frishfelds, E. Blums. Microconvection and Mass Transfer near Bodies in Non-Uniformly Magnetized Ferrofluid , Magnetohydrodynamics, 41 (2005) 4, 361-366.
34. A. Mezulis, E. Blums. Experimental Investigations of the Microconvective Instability in Optically Induced Gratings, Magnetohydrodynamics, 41 (2005) 4, 341-346.
35. A. Mežulis, E. Blums. On the microconvective instability in optically induced gratings, Phys. Fluids, 18, 107101 (2006) (5 pages).
36. A. Mezulis, E. Blums. The presence of microconvective instability in optically induced gratings, Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics 32 (2007), 331 – 340.
37. Th. Volker, E. Blums, S. Odenbach. Heat and Mass Phenomena in Magnetic Fluids, GAMM-Mitteilungen, 30 (2007), No.1, 185 – 194.
38. V. Frishfelds; E. Blums. Drift of nonuniform ferrocolloid through cylindrical grid by magnetic force, Journal of Physics: Condensed Mater, 20 (2008), 204130 (5pp).
39. D. Zablotsky, V. Frishfelds, E. Blums. Numerical investigation of thermomagnetic convection in heated cylinder under the magnetic field of a solenoid. Journal of Physics: Condensed Mater, 20 (2008), 204134 (5pp).
40. E. Blums, A. Mezulis, G. Kronkalns. Magnetoconvective heat transfer from a cylinder under the effect of a non-uniform magnetic field. Journal of Physics: Condensed Mater 20 (2008), 204128 (5pp).
41. M. M. Maiorov, E. Blums, G. Kronkalns. The heat generation by an alternating magnetic field of low frequency in a ferrofluid: the dependence of energy dissipation on temperature, Magnetohydrodynamics, 44 (2008), No. 1, 27–32.
42. I. Segal, A. Zablotskaya, E. Lukevics, M. Maiorov, D. Zablotsky, E. Blums, I. Shestakova, I. Domracheva. Synthesis, physico-chemical and biological study of trialkylsiloxyalkyl amine coated iron oxide/oleic acid magnetic nanoparticles for the treatment of cancer, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 22 (2008), 2, 82 – 88.
43. A. Zablotskaya, I. Segal, E. Lukevics, M. Maiorov, D. Zablotsky, E. Blums, I. Shestakova, I. Domracheva. Water-Soluble Magnetic Nanoparticles With Biologically Active Stabilizers, J. Magn. Magn. Mat., 321 (2009), 1428-1432, Doi Information: 10.1016/J.Jmmm.2009.02.060.
44. D. Zablockis, A. Mezulis, E. Blums. Surface Cooling Based on the Thermomagnetic Convection: Numerical Simulation and Experiment, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 52 (2009), 5302 – 5308.
45. D.Zablotsky, V. Frishfelds, E. Blums. Investigation of Heat Transfer Efficiency of Thermomagnetic Convection in Ferrofluids, Magnetohydrodynamics, 45 (2009) 3, 267 – 271.
47. E. Blums, G. Kronkalns, A. Mezulis, V. Sints. Non-isothermal mass transfer of ferrocolloids through porous membrane, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 323 (2011), 1334 -1337.
48. D. Zablotsky, E. Blums. Numerical investigation of optically induced microconvection in thin ferrofluid layers, J. Magn. Magn. Mat., 323 (2011), 1338-1342.
49. M. M. Maiorov, E. Blums, K. Raj. Inverse task for evaluation of particle size distribution of polydisperse magnetic fluids. Physics Procedia, 9 (2010), 74-77.