Wave-driven assembly of quasi periodic patterns of particles

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.126.145501MaRDI QIDQ6354499zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Elena Cherkaev, Fernando Guevara Vasquez, China Mauck, Milo Prisbrey, Bart Raeymaekers

Publication date 24 November 2020

Almost and pseudo-almost periodic solutions to PDEs (35B15) Wave equation (35L05) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10)

Abstract: We theoretically show that a superposition of plane waves causes small (compared to the wavelength) particles dispersed in a fluid to assemble in quasiperiodic two or three dimensional patterns. We experimentally demonstrate this theory by using ultrasound waves to assemble quasiperiodic patterns of carbon nanoparticles in water using an octagonal arrangement of ultrasound transducers, and we document good agreement between theory and experiments. The theory also applies to obtaining quasiperiodic patterns in other situations where particles move with linear waves, such as optical lattices.

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