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This reminds me of this classic paper [1] "Maze Solving by Chemotactic Droplets". Oil droplets sense a chemical gradient as variation of interfacial tension, us
by beanjuice 4y ago
This reminds me of this classic paper [1] "Maze Solving by Chemotactic Droplets". Oil droplets sense a chemical gradient as variation of interfacial tension, using what is commonly known as the "Tears of wine", or Marangoni effect, to propel themselves to the exit.
[1] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja9076793 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja9076793