Chemo-mechanical oscillations (from overhead) (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Chemo-mechanical oscillations (from overhead)

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Chemo-mechanical oscillations of a colony that contains red, green and blue catalytic beads located on the bottom of the fluid-filled container. Beads are dragged by the fluid flow (arrows) and oscillations of their positions are accompanied by the oscillatory production of chemical shown in red.

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Oleg Shklyaev

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