Random Interactions
The emergence of patterns in liquids
by Prof. Deepak Mathur (TIFR)
Thursday, June 28, 2012
from
to
(Asia/Kolkata)
at Colaba Campus ( A304 )
at Colaba Campus ( A304 )
Description |
Pattern formation in nature has interested humankind for centuries, with the first descriptions of intricate patterns in snowflakes occurring in Chinese texts dating back to 150 BCE. I shall describe a recent series of recent experiments conducted in my laboratory in which patterns are generated in a variety of liquids, with a little help from an infrared laser and some carbon nanotubes. The patterns that we obtain are dendritic, and are produced on unprecedentedly fast (millisecond) timescales. The results will be discussed in relation to microscopic solvability theory. Unresolved issues, both experimental and theoretical, will be highlighted. |