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Title: Instabilities and patterns in a submerged jelling jet
When a thin stream of aqueous sodium alginate is extruded into a reacting calcium chloride bath, it polymerizes into a soft elastic tube that spontaneously forms helical coils due to the ambient fluid drag.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2011754
PAR ID:
10499810
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ;
Publisher / Repository:
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Soft Matter
Volume:
17
Issue:
42
ISSN:
1744-683X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
9745 to 9754
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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