TY  - JOUR
N2  - Organic chemical gardens of chitosan hydrogel develop upon injecting an acidic chitosan solution into an alkaline solution. Besides complex and budding structures, tubular hydrogel formations develop that exhibit periodic surface patterns. The underlying wrinkling instability is identified by its characteristic wavelength dependence on the diameter of the elastic material formed. The flow-driven conditions allow precise control over the structure that can help the design of soft bio-inspired materials. Our findings can also suggest a new direction in the field of chemobrionics.
SP  - 8325
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1039/d0sm01397h
SN  - 1744-683X
EP  - 8329
AV  - public
IS  - 36
Y1  - 2020///
VL  - 16
ID  - publicatio20135
TI  - Bio-inspired flow-driven chitosan chemical gardens
A1  -  Kumar Pawan
A1  -  Horváth Dezs?
A1  -  Tóth Ágota
JF  - SOFT MATTER
ER  -