Arnold tongues in a microfluidic drop emitter.
The Letter reports an experimental study of microfluidic droplets produced in T junctions and subjected to a local periodic forcing. Synchronized and quasiperiodic regimes--organized into Arnold tongues and devil staircases--are reported for the first time for a system dedicated to drop emission. The nature of the dynamical regime controls the droplet characteristics. These phenomena are mostly controlled by the characteristics of the forcing and the flow conditions.
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