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Title:
Spontaneous mode-selection in the self-propelled motion of a solid/liquid composite driven by interfacial instability

Language:English
Type:Article
Authors:Fumi Takabatake, Nobuyuki Magome, Masatoshi Ichikawa and Kenichi Yoshikawa
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Journal:Journal of Chemical Physics
ISSN:0021-9606
Volume:134
Number:11
Month:3
Year:2011
Actual year:2010
Pages:114704/1–5
URL:http://jcp.aip.org/resource/1/jcpsa6/v134/i11/p114704_s1
doi:10.1063/1.3567096
bibtex id:2011_JCP_Takabatake_11-05
Abstract:
Spontaneous motion of a solid/liquid composite induced by a chemical Marangoni effect, where an oil droplet attached to a solid soap is placed on a water phase, was investigated. The composite exhibits various characteristic motions, such as revolution (orbital motion) and translational motion. The results showed that the mode of this spontaneous motion switches with a change in the size of the solid scrap. The essential features of this mode-switching were reproduced by ordinary differential equations by considering nonlinear friction with proper symmetry.
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2011
"Spontaneous mode-selection in the self-propelled motion of a solid/liquid composite driven by interfacial instability"
Fumi Takabatake, Nobuyuki Magome, Masatoshi Ichikawa and Kenichi Yoshikawa, Journal of Chemical Physics, 134(11), 114704/1–5 (2011)
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doi:10.1063/1.3567096