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Lagzi I, Soh S, Wesson PJ, Browne KP, Grzybowski BA (2010). "Maze Solving by Chemotactic Droplets". J Am Chem Soc. DOI:10.1021/ja9076793. PMID 20063877. Research Blogging[e]

Demonstrates that a droplet of mineral oil containing 2-hexyldecanoic acid can successfully navigate a maze if a pH gradient is established by soaking a small block of high gel strength agarose in HCl and putting it at the end opposite to that in which the droplet is released.
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