Orbiting Self‐Organization of Filament‐Tethered Surface‐Active Droplets
Abstract: Dissipative chemical systems hold the potential to enable life‐like behavior in synthetic matter, such as self‐organization, motility, and dynamic switching between different states. Here, out‐of‐equilibrium self‐organization is demonstrated by interconnected source and drain droplets at an air‐water interface, which display dynamic behavior due to a hydrolysis reaction that generates a concentration gradient around the drain droplets. This concentration gradient interferes with the adhesion of self‐assembled amphiphile filaments that grow from a source droplet. The chemical gradient sustains a unique orbiting of the drain droplet, which is proposed to be driven by the selective adhesion of the filaments to the front of the moving droplet, while filaments approaching from behind are destabilized upon contact with the hydrolysis product in the trail of the droplet. Potential applications are foreseen in the transfer of chemical signals amongst communicating droplets in rearranging networks, and the implementation of chemical reactions to drive complex positioning routines in life‐like systems.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Orbiting Self‐Organization of Filament‐Tethered Surface‐Active Droplets ; day:17 ; month:02 ; year:2023 ; extent:11
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- Creator
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Winkens, Mitch
Vilcan, Alexandru
de Visser, Pieter J.
de Graaf, Freek V.
Korevaar, Peter A.
- DOI
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10.1002/smll.202206800
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023021714193192459366
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:57 AM CEST
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- Winkens, Mitch
- Vilcan, Alexandru
- de Visser, Pieter J.
- de Graaf, Freek V.
- Korevaar, Peter A.
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