Researchers at the University of Konstanz have developed a gentle, contact-free method to collect liquids and remove them from microscopic surface structures. The method uses vapor condensation to ...

Unlike water, liquid refrigerants and other fluids that have a low surface tension tend to spread quickly into a sheet when they come into contact with a surface. But for many industrial process it ...

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have developed a gentle, contact-free method to collect liquids and remove them ...

Jetting off: particle imaging velocimetry image of a jet undergoing a deceleration 20 times greater than that of gravity. (Courtesy: CJM van Rijn et al/Physical Review Fluids) Spectacular upward jets ...

The Maragoni effect is defined as "the mass transfer along an interface between two fluids due to a gradient of the surface tension." Water striders harness it by secreting water-insoluble compounds ...

Phenomena involving surface tension are extremely complex and have applications in our everyday lives, and researchers are tackling the complicated mathematics behind the physics. The effects of ...

Mechanical engineers from Michigan Technological University have implemented the laws of surface tension and propulsion velocity to develop miniature robots capable of surfing liquid interfaces. Their ...