# Design of open systems for meniscus splitting demonstrated using an aqueous polymer solution

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2025-06-06T05:51:40.529682Z

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2025-07-16T07:14:54.956978Z

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2025-06-06T07:20:29.890625Z

## Doi

https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.5526

## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2025.2512704

## Date published

2025-12-31

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2025-12-31

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## Title

- title: Design of open systems for meniscus splitting demonstrated using an aqueous
    polymer solution
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: Open systems on the surfaces of soft materials induce dissipative structures
    such as evaporative self-organization. Based on the viscous fingering phenomena,
    we demonstrate a meniscus splitting phenomena by evaporating an aqueous solution
    of versatile polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution from a Hele – Shaw cell. To understand
    it as a universal phenomenon independent of the polymer species, the distinct
    evolutionary pathways to pattern formation were evaluated, focusing on the interface
    deformation and directional deposition of the polymer. The PVA solution, which
    showed a steep concentration-dependent viscosity gradient under a local moderate
    humidity gradient, was capable of bridging the cell gap for vertical membrane
    formation. The interfacial shape transformation from one downward concave to multiple
    upward convex shapes is controllable not only by tuning the physical properties
    of the polymer but also by conditioning the water evaporating atmosphere. We envision
    that demonstrations with different cell aperture designs will expand the realization
    of this phenomenon using other synthetic polymers or chemical species. Such an
    open system design with humidity tuning is a strategy for exposure to non-equilibrium
    phenomena using various soft materials, particles, fibers, and networks.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: en

## Creator

- name: Reina Hagiwara
  role: author
  organization: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  department: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology
- name: Kosuke Okeyoshi
  role: author

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organization: Taylor & Francis

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- subject: Humidity
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- subject: evaporation rate
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- subject: polyvinyl alcohol
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- subject: meniscus splitting
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- subject: dissipative structure
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- identifier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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## Journal

- title: Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
  issn: '14686996'
  volume: '26'
  article_number: '2512704'

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