Formation of liquid shells in active droplet systems

We study a chemically active binary mixture undergoing phase separation and show that under nonequilibrium conditions, stable liquid spherical shells can form via a spinodal instability in the droplet center. A single liquid shell tends to grow until it undergoes a shape instability beyond a critica...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Bauermann, Giacomo Bartolucci, Job Boekhoven, Christoph A. Weber, Frank Jülicher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2023-12-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043246