Droplet clusters: nature-inspired biological reactors and aerosols

• Published in: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences Vol. 377; no. 2150; p. 20190121
• Main Authors: Fedorets, Alexander A., Bormashenko, Edward, Dombrovsky, Leonid A., Nosonovsky, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society Publishing 29.07.2019
• Subjects: breath figure; self-assembly; bioaerosol; droplet cluster

Condensed microdroplets play a prominent role in living nature, participating in various phenomena, from water harvesting by plants and insects to microorganism migration in bioaerosols. Microdroplets may also form regular self-organized patterns, such as the hexagonally ordered breath figures on a...