A male ornate boxfish and simulated hexagon and stripe patterns (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

A male ornate boxfish and simulated hexagon and stripe patterns

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Top: A male ornate boxfish. Bottom: Simulated hexagon and stripe patterns obtained by diffusiophoretic assembly of two types of cells on top of the chemical patterns.

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The Birch Aquarium/Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder

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