An electric field transforms an iron oxide nanoparticle suspension into a model for the emergence of complex dissipative structures. Researchers at Aalto University have shown that a nanoparticle ...

Dissipative solitons are self-localised packets of light that arise in open nonlinear optical systems through a balance of gain, loss, dispersion and nonlinearity. Unlike their conservative ...

These processes transform energy from one form to another. In recent years, chemists have sought to harness these processes to design systems with specific functions. However, achieving mechanical ...

Researchers at Aalto University have shown that a nanoparticle suspension can serve as a simple model for studying the formation of patterns and structures in more complicated non-equilibrium systems, ...