Self-maintained movements of droplets with convection flow

Authors:
Hiroki Matsuno;Martin M. Hanczyc;Takashi Ikegami
Affiliations:
Department of General Systems Sciences, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;ProtoLife Srl, Venezia, Italy;Department of General Systems Sciences, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Venue:
ACAL'07 Proceedings of the 3rd Australian conference on Progress in artificial life
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Running droplets have been studied recent years as dissipative macroscopic structures with locomotive capability, a characteristic of which is shared with biological systems. We constructed a numerical model of a droplet that integrates fluid dynamics and chemical reaction. Our results show that the chemical gradient generates droplet's motion, accompanied with convection flow. This convection flow contributes sustaining the chemical gradient, making a positive feedback loop. The simulated droplet self-maintains a chemical gradient, a pre-requisite for locomotion, which constitutes a prototype of autonomous movement.