Programmable Droplets as Active Matter in a Reconfigurable Environment
Programmable Droplets as Active Matter in a Reconfigurable Environment
This study introduces an autonomous robotic platform to characterize and dynamically program multicomponent oil-in-water droplets, defining persistence and diversity metrics within a closed-loop experimental framework. The research reveals a behavioral trade-off between these descriptors, providing a quantitative basis for navigating life-like behaviors in active matter without claiming deployment or commercial availability.
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able closed loop reconfiguration remain lacking. Here we introduce an autonomous closed loop robotic platform to characterise and dynamically program the autonomous behaviour of multicomponent oil in water droplets. We explored two chemical composition spaces, with and without external pH perturbations, analysing droplet behaviour in real time and iteratively selecting formulations. To quantify this behaviour, we int
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