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 ...

Ions influence conductivity and mobility in molecular liquid crystals, affecting electrical behavior, stability, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The attraction of molecules at the surface of a liquid is called surface tension. The polarity of water molecules can help explain why water has a strong surface tension. Students will observe several ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) have taken the first steps to such science fiction becoming reality by developing a way to control the surface tension of liquid metals with ...

(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 ...