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B Denet

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PubMed2002

Diamond patterns in the cellular front of an overdriven detonation.

A nonlinear integral-differential equation describing the cellular front of an overdriven detonation is obtained by an analysis carried out in the neighborhood of the instability threshold. The analysis reveals both an unusual mean streaming motion, resulting from the rotational part of the oscillatory flow, and pressure bursts generated by the crossover of cusps representative of Mach stems propagating on the detonation front. A numerical study of the nonlinear equation exhibits the "diamond" patterns observed in experiments. An overall physical understanding is provided.

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PubMed2000

Quantitative analysis of concentration gradient and ionic currents associated with hyphal tip growth in fungi.

It has been shown previously that the nutrient gradient generated by a tip growing elongated cell induces an ionic current entering the cell tip and looping back in the extracellular medium [L. Limozin, B. Denet and P. Pelcé, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4881 (1997)]. We apply this mechanism to the case of hyphae of fungi, using realistic cell geometries, symport kinetics, proton pump permeabilities, and buffer concentrations. We show that this mechanism contributes to a noticeable part of the external current intensity, related inner electrical field and pH gradient, in agreement with experimental measurements. This provides a good example in biological cells of interaction between shape and field, a common property of growing nonliving systems, such as crystalline dendrites or electrodeposition.

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