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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

Photo-Activated Merging Cascades in Droplet Swarms Upon Synergistic Solvation of Surfactants.

Priyanshu Singh, Roël M Vreuls, Gerco W A Meeussen, Peter A Korevaar

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Priyanshu SinghInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0530-6144
Roël M VreulsInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Gerco W A MeeussenInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Peter A KorevaarInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3395-7197

Funding

Dutch Research Council VI.Vidi.213.128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemically active droplets at fluid interfaces provide versatile building blocks for dynamic matter, yet most systems are limited to behavior encoded within individual droplets or simple pairwise interactions. Here, we report a strategy to generate non-linear, cascading behavior in droplet swarms by combining photo-activation with synergistic solvation of surfactants. At an air/water interface coated with a crystalline layer formed by a decylammonium/carbamate ion pair, mesitylene-based droplets containing a photoacid generator remain immotile until UV irradiation locally destabilizes the layer, which induces droplet motion via capillary effects. While both UV-responsive mesitylene droplets and tri(ethylene glycol) monododecyl ether (C

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active matterdroplet‐based logicsemergent behaviormotile dropletssystems chemistry

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PMID42590979
PMCPMC13659792

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