Mode selection of a camphor boat in a dual-circle canal

Autor:	Satoshi Nakata, Masahiro I. Kohira, Yuko Hayashima
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Camphor chemistry.chemical_compound Transducer Chemistry Mode selection Stereochemistry General Physics and Astronomy Geometry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Surface concentration Rotation
Zdroj:	Chemical Physics Letters. 322:419-423
ISSN:	0009-2614
DOI:	10.1016/s0009-2614(00)00446-2
Popis:	The mode selection of a camphor boat was investigated. When a camphor boat, confined in a container with a shape of number 8, was floated on the surface of water, one of the three modes of motion (rotation within one cell, outer rotation without passing through the intersection of the two cells, and 8-shaped rotation) was maintained for several tens of cycles. This mode selection depended on the conditions of camphor scrapings attached to the boat. When two camphor boats were floated on the water, a synchronized motion between them was observed. The present system suggests a chemo-mechanical transducer, where the vectorial process is sensitive to the shape of the cell and the surface concentration of the camphor molecule under isothermal conditions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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