2 papers
cond-mat.soft2021
Instability-induced patterning of a jelling jet
Aditi Chakrabarti, Salem Al-Mosleh, L. Mahadevan
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…
cond-mat.soft2019
Self-excited motions of volatile drops on swellable sheets
Aditi Chakrabarti, Gary P. T. Choi, L. Mahadevan
When a volatile droplet is deposited on a floating swellable sheet, it becomes asymmetric, lobed and mobile. We describe and quantify this phenomena that involves nonequilibrium sw…