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Title:
Rhythmic growth and collapse of a micro water droplet

Language:English
Type:Article
Authors:Masatoshi Ichikawa, Nobuyuki Magome and Kenichi Yoshikawa
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Journal:Europhysics Letters
ISSN:0295-5075
Volume:66
Number:4
Month:5
Year:2004
Actual year:2004
Pages:545–551
doi:10.1209/epl/i2003-10240-x
bibtex id:2004_EL_Ichikawa_04-05_293
Abstract:
We report the rhythmic growth and disappearance of a micrometer-sized water droplet under stationary nonequilibrium conditions, with a periodicity of similar to 1 s. Under a supersaturated vapor, a micro water droplet nucleates on a glass plate, grows and then disappears when the growing droplet touches a larger water sink, and this cycle repeats in a rhythmic manner. We discuss the rhythmic phenomenon as a kind of limit cycle oscillation.
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2004
"Rhythmic growth and collapse of a micro water droplet"
Masatoshi Ichikawa, Nobuyuki Magome and Kenichi Yoshikawa, Europhysics Letters, 66(4), 545–551 (2004)
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doi:10.1209/epl/i2003-10240-x