New types of complex motion of a simple camphor boat
New types of complex motion of a simple camphor boat
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简单樟脑船的新型复杂运动
DOI:
10.1039/d2cp05707g
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Gorecki Jerzy
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作者:
Loffler Richard J.G.;Rolinski Tomasz;Kitahata Hiroyuki;Koyano Yuki;Gorecki Jerzy
We discuss the motion of a rectangular camphor boat, considering the position of a camphor pill in relation to the boat's stern as the control parameter. The boat moves because the pill releases surface active molecules that decrease the surface tension and support the motion. We introduce a new experimental system in which the boat rotates on a long arm around the axis located at the centre of a Petri dish; thus, the motion is restricted to a circle and can be studied under stationary conditions for a long time. The experiments confirmed two previously reported modes of motion: continuous motion when the pill was located at the boat edge and pulsating (intermittent) motion if it was close to the boat centre (Suematsu et al., J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114(21), 9876–9882). For intermediate pill locations, we observed a new, unreported type of motion characterised by oscillating speed (i.e. oscillating motion). Different modes of motion can be observed for the same pill location. The experimental results are qualitatively confirmed using a simple reaction-diffusion model of the boat evolution used in the above-mentioned paper.