Nonlinear Sciences – Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Scientific paper
2005-05-02
Phys. Rev. E 72, 041603 (2005)
Nonlinear Sciences
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
17 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.72.041603
Chemical control of the spontaneous motion of a reactive oil droplet moving on a glass substrate under an aqueous phase is reported. Experimental results show that the self-motion of an oil droplet is confined on an acid-treated glass surface. The transient behavior of oil-droplet motion is also observed with a high-speed video camera. A mathematical model that incorporates the effect of the glass surface charge is built based on the experimental observation of oil-droplet motion. A numerical simulation of this mathematical model reproduced the essential features concerning confinement within a certain chemical territory of oil-droplet motion, and also its transient behavior. Our results may shed light on physical aspects of reactive spreading and a chemotaxis in living things.
Kitahata Hiroyuki
Magome Nobuyuki
Mori Yoshihito
Nagayama Masaharu
Nomura Shin-ichiro M.
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