Royal Society of Chemistry, Soft Matter, 40(13), p. 7283-7291
DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01436h
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The thermophoretic force on an elongated colloid oriented with the temperature gradient can be larger or smaller than when oriented perpendicular to it. This anisotropy can translate into a non-vanishing thermophoretic force in the direction perpendicular to the temperature gradient.