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Nature Physics 1, 139 - 140 (2005)
doi:10.1038/nphys179

Subject Categories: Statistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamics | Fluid dynamics

Self-organized complexity: Polyphonic microfluidics

Alfonso M. Gañán-Calvo1

  1. ESI, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain. e-mail: amgc@us.es


The emergence of both complex and repeating patterns in a simple microfluidic circuit provides an ideal test-bed for studying self-organized complexity, without the need for exhaustive dynamic control over the parameters that influence complex behaviour.

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