Production of spiral droplets

FL Federico Lancia
TY Takaki Yamamoto
AR Alexander Ryabchun
TY Tadatsugu Yamaguchi
MS Masaki Sano
NK Nathalie Katsonis
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Motor-doped liquid crystals were injected with a microinjector (Femtojet, Eppendorf), using commercially available needles (Femtotips, Eppendorf) in an aqueous (25 wt % D2O) surfactant solution (13 wt %, TTAB). The chamber containing the aqueous solution was prepared by applying an adhesive spacer (≈ 1 mm in thickness) onto a microscope slide. After injection, the chamber was closed with a glass coverslip. The size of the droplets was tuned by changing the injection pressure and injection time of the Femtojet.

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