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Fig. 4

From: Control over the emerging chirality in supramolecular gels and solutions by chiral microvortices in milliseconds

Fig. 4

Analysis of laminar chiral microvortices. a CFD simulation shows that fluid can rotate upward (red curves) or downward (blue curves) to generate laminar P- or M-chiral microvortices in the left microchamber. The color bar indicates the magnitude of flow velocity. The channel height is 50 μm. Scale bar, 100 μm. b A majority (~84%) of microvortices rotate upward, suggesting a predominantly P chirality (red bar) in the left microchamber. c Shear rate gradient from P-chiral microvortices in the left microchamber. Insert: shear rate (black line) obtained from simulation results (void black circles). d Residence time (gray bars) of nuclei within the left microchamber from simulation results

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