Order-Disorder Structural Transitions in Mazes Built by Evaporating Drops

Physical Review Letters
P PanizzaF Artzner

Abstract

We show that the evaporation of surfactant solutions confined in quasi-two-dimensional porous media creates micron-sized labyrinthine patterns composing the walls of a centimeter-sized maze. These walls are made of solid deposits formed during drying via a sequence of individual Haines jumps occurring at the pore scale. We rationalize this process driven by simple iterative rules with a cellular automaton that acts as a maze generator. This model well describes the formation dynamics and final structure of an experimental maze as functions of the wettability heterogeneities of a porous medium and its geometry. Also, our findings unveil the crucial role of two geometric dimensionless quantities that control the structural order of a maze.

References

Feb 1, 1996·Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics·R Du, H A Stone
Aug 7, 2007·Physical Review Letters·B SandnesE G Flekkøy
Mar 5, 2009·Physical Review Letters·Ivan U VakarelskiKo Higashitani
Apr 28, 2009·Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics·H ChraïbiO Chapuis
Sep 28, 2010·Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics·Noushine Shahidzadeh-BonnDaniel Bonn
Dec 1, 1998·Analytical Chemistry·D C DuffyG M Whitesides
Mar 10, 2012·Physical Review Letters·S Veran-TissoiresM Prat
Jan 25, 2013·Physical Review Letters·Anaïs GauthierEtienne Barthel
Jul 2, 2015·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Nadia Ziane, Jean-Baptiste Salmon

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
B Sobac, D Brutin
Physical Review A: General Physics
J N Roux, D Wilkinson
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved