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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...