This cohesive "stickiness" accounts for the surface tension of a liquid. Surface tension can be thought of as a very thin "skin" of particles that are more strongly attracted to each other than ...

In addition, the surface analysis of ionic liquids helps researchers in developing a comprehensive understanding of these unique materials. In this article, a common ionic liquid is analyzed to ...

This insight allowed de Rijn and colleagues to update existing theoretical models to incorporate surface tension alongside the influences of gravity and fluid inertia. Their new models held up for a ...

Liquid tends to flow toward regions with higher surface tension, where molecules exert a stronger pull on each other. “Think tug-of-war,” says coauthor Justin Burton, a physicist at Emory Univ ...

(Phys.org) —If you've ever watched a drop of water form into a bead or a water strider scoot across a pond, you are familiar with a property of liquids called surface tension. The interior ...

Researchers have detailed the physics behind a phenomenon that allows them to create spin in liquid droplets using ultrasound waves, which concentrates solid particles suspended in the liquid. The ...

Leafy inspiration: this artificial surface with 3D ratchet structures enables liquids of different surface tension to move in different directions. It was inspired by Araucaria leaves, which are also ...

You can do this by adding soap, which is a surfactant (a material that decreases the surface tension of a liquid). In this activity you will see how soap decreases the surface tension of water by ...

A mixture of soap and water will support a foam. Soap is a surfactant with a low surface tension, while water is a liquid with quite a high surface tension. As the film around the air bubble that ...