Fig. 4: Examples of droplet behavior.
From: Active droploids
a–e Experimental snapshots (highlighting the segmentation of the droplets), and f–j simulated snapshots (background displays the relative concentration ϕ) of various behaviors: a, f Clusters of colloids deforming the boundary of the droplet at λ = 0.03. b, c and g, h Accumulation of absorbing particles in an off-critical supersaturated background phase (ϕ0 = 0.2 in experiments, ϕ0 = 0.25 in simulations) leading to an explosive formation of droplets within a very short time at λ = 0.095 (Supplementary Movies 3 and 4). d, e and i, j Formation of size-stabilized droplets around absorbing particles with periodic light illumination (on and off for 10 s each, Supplementary Movies 5 and 6) at λ = 0.025. Other simulation parameters can be found under ‘Methods’.
