Peristalticity-driven banded chemical garden

Complex structures in nature are often formed by self-assembly. In order to mimic the formation, to enhance the production, or to modify the structures, easy-to-use methods are sought to couple engineering and self-assembly. Chemical-garden-like precipitation reactions are frequently used to study s...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 2018-05, Vol.148 (18), p.184701-184701
Main Authors: Pópity-Tóth, É., Schuszter, G., Horváth, D., Tóth, Á.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Couplings
Organic chemistry
Physics
Self-assembly
Variation
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Summary:Complex structures in nature are often formed by self-assembly. In order to mimic the formation, to enhance the production, or to modify the structures, easy-to-use methods are sought to couple engineering and self-assembly. Chemical-garden-like precipitation reactions are frequently used to study such couplings because of the intrinsic chemical and hydrodynamic interplays. In this work, we present a simple method of applying periodic pressure fluctuations given by a peristaltic pump which can be used to achieve regularly banded precipitate membranes in the copper–phosphate system.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.5023465