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Writing Into Water

Möller, Nadir ; Hecht, Lukas ; Niu, Ran ; Liebchen, Benno ; Palberg, Thomas (2023)
Writing Into Water.
In: Small : nano micro, 19 (49)
doi: 10.1002/smll.202303741
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Writing is an ancient communication technique dating back at least 30 000 years. While even sophisticated contemporary writing techniques hinge on solid surfaces for engraving or the deposition of ink, writing within a liquid medium requires a fundamentally different approach. The study here demonstrates the writing of lines, letters, and complex patterns in water by assembling lines of colloidal particles. Unlike established techniques for underwater writing on solid substrates, these lines are fully reconfigurable and do not require any fixation onto the substrate. Exploiting gravity, an ion‐exchange bead (pen) is rolled across a layer of sedimented colloidal particles (ink). The pen evokes a hydrodynamic flow collecting ink‐particles into a durable, high‐contrast line along its trajectory. Deliberate substrate‐tilting sequences facilitate pen‐steering and thus drawing and writing. The experiments are complemented with a minimal model that quantitatively predicts the observed parameter dependence for writing in fluids and highlights the generic character of writing by line‐assembly. Overall, the approach opens a versatile route for writing, drawing, and patterning fluids—even at the micro‐scale.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2023
Autor(en): Möller, Nadir ; Hecht, Lukas ; Niu, Ran ; Liebchen, Benno ; Palberg, Thomas
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Writing Into Water
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 6 Dezember 2023
Ort: Weinheim
Verlag: Wiley-VCH
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Small : nano micro
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 19
(Heft-)Nummer: 49
Kollation: 11 Seiten
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303741
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Writing is an ancient communication technique dating back at least 30 000 years. While even sophisticated contemporary writing techniques hinge on solid surfaces for engraving or the deposition of ink, writing within a liquid medium requires a fundamentally different approach. The study here demonstrates the writing of lines, letters, and complex patterns in water by assembling lines of colloidal particles. Unlike established techniques for underwater writing on solid substrates, these lines are fully reconfigurable and do not require any fixation onto the substrate. Exploiting gravity, an ion‐exchange bead (pen) is rolled across a layer of sedimented colloidal particles (ink). The pen evokes a hydrodynamic flow collecting ink‐particles into a durable, high‐contrast line along its trajectory. Deliberate substrate‐tilting sequences facilitate pen‐steering and thus drawing and writing. The experiments are complemented with a minimal model that quantitatively predicts the observed parameter dependence for writing in fluids and highlights the generic character of writing by line‐assembly. Overall, the approach opens a versatile route for writing, drawing, and patterning fluids—even at the micro‐scale.

Freie Schlagworte: assembly, colloids, micron‐scale, microswimmer, osmotic flow
ID-Nummer: Artikel-ID: 2303741
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 05 Fachbereich Physik
05 Fachbereich Physik > Institut für Physik Kondensierter Materie (IPKM)
05 Fachbereich Physik > Institut für Physik Kondensierter Materie (IPKM) > Theorie weicher Materie
Hinterlegungsdatum: 11 Jun 2024 06:49
Letzte Änderung: 15 Okt 2024 10:27
PPN: 522226663
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