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  • Soft matter physics
  • Active matter systems
  • Fluid dynamics

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  • Active fluid droplets can generate spontaneous circulatory flows.
  • The influence of surrounding passive fluids on these active flows is not well understood.
  • Interfacial dynamics are crucial for understanding active droplet behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interaction between active fluid droplets and surrounding oil.
  • To understand how interfacial dynamics affect intradroplet circulatory flows.
  • To develop methods for controlling active droplet flows.

Main Methods:

  • Kinesin-driven microtubule-based active droplets immersed in oil and compressed.
  • Experiments using tracers and network structure analysis.
  • Continuum models based on self-elongating rod dynamics.

Main Results:

  • Droplet geometry supported circulatory flows, suppressed by decreasing oil layer thickness.
  • Flow transition attributed to millimeter-scale flow coupling across the active fluid-oil interface.
  • Novel millifluidic devices demonstrated real-time control of intradroplet flows.

Conclusions:

  • Interfacial dynamics play a significant role in active fluid droplet systems.
  • Circulatory flows within droplets can be modulated by millimeter-scale flow coupling.
  • Controlling surrounding fluid layers offers a method for active flow manipulation.