tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550395978590532182024-03-13T03:03:45.922-07:00Dyne With Me'Dyne With Me' explores surface tension of solutions used in everyday life. From inks to alcohol, drugs to dish soap, and everything in between....ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-37256768207880567082017-07-03T13:20:00.002-07:002017-07-03T13:20:56.182-07:00Decode water condensation and surface tension<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
https://www.decodedscience.org/as-condensation-droplets-form-and-combine-what-forces-are-at-work/61585<br />
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ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-12809256003988145032017-04-28T14:37:00.003-07:002017-04-28T14:37:52.797-07:00Newly created air water interface has a higher surface tension?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Newly created air water interface has a higher surface tension than the equilibrium of 72.75 mN/m....making it around 90 mN/m.<br />
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Professor Bonn states that "the method of studying droplet breakup dispenses with the previous difficulties: the experimental procedure is very robust, and the associated pinch-off dynamics well understood.</div>
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ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-63994131891757593322017-02-26T11:45:00.001-08:002017-02-26T11:45:32.537-08:00Droplets burst apart when they freeze<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When they freeze water droplets break apart sending ice in all directions. This was only found with cameras that can capture this in unprecedented detail from the initial crystallization to the final explosion.... awesome right?</span><br />
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https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.084101</div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-11740673466721228462017-02-26T11:40:00.000-08:002017-02-26T11:40:49.556-08:00A thousand liquid droplets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Watch and learn about evaporation, surface tension and fluid flow by watching a drop of water-alcohol mixture on a layer of sunflower oil. <a href="https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/19">It breaks into a thousand pieces..</a><br />
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ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-55686318540569183782017-01-24T05:31:00.001-08:002017-01-24T05:31:31.123-08:00Disposable biosensors made from newspaper<a href="http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=45547.php#.WIdXLG7vDh4.blogger">Disposable biosensors made from newspaper</a>: Nanowerk, the leading nanotechnology portal, is committed to educate, inform and inspire about nanotechnologies, nanosciences, and other emerging techsccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-72745862237588146242017-01-24T05:30:00.001-08:002017-01-24T05:30:22.110-08:00The Spirits and Surface Tension<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Attached is an<a href="http://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/11765"> interesting article</a>. It explains why we call our alcohol that we drink and how the shimmering due its low surface tension makes it 'ghostly'.<br />
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<a href="http://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/11765">http://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/11765</a></div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-43444472461473811902016-11-20T23:14:00.000-08:002016-11-20T23:14:19.672-08:00Second Liquid State???<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Physicist reported in the International Journal of Nanotechnology noted</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> that liquid water has a whole new set of properties when it hits temperatures between 40°C and 60°C. In this range, water can go into a “crossover” phase or a second liquid state where the surface tension changes and other characteristics change....</span><br />
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http://futurism.com/physicists-have-discovered-a-second-state-of-liquid-water/</div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-46122342966898098002016-10-29T07:05:00.002-07:002016-10-29T07:05:45.404-07:00Why my beer spills.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
http://www.livemint.com/Science/GbiS0OioK6o52abcrlzYrJ/Scientists-find-out-why-pints-spill-but-straws-dont.html</div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-10779381089533392202016-10-22T09:23:00.001-07:002016-10-22T09:23:11.602-07:00Droplets are propelled by temperature difference <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a new way of driving fluid droplets across surfaces in a precisely controlled way. </div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-78476831362942612902016-10-07T02:21:00.001-07:002016-10-07T02:21:14.923-07:00Small droplets feel the vibe<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161006121557.htm#.V_do6uJFBpc.blogger">Small droplets feel the vibe</a>: A team of researchers have used ultrasonic forces to accurately pattern thousands of microscopic water-based droplets. Each droplet can be designed to perform a biochemical experiment, which could pave the way for highly efficient lab-on-a-chip devices with future applications in drug discovery and clinical diagnostics.<br /><br />
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MEMBRANE FREE PROTOCELLS!!! That is awesome!ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-77294273545269904742016-09-29T06:16:00.004-07:002016-09-29T06:16:52.125-07:00Arresting Marangoni flows on Bubble Surfaces <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-24198237141338021222016-09-04T04:40:00.001-07:002016-09-04T04:41:24.916-07:00Reducing Runoff Pollution by Making Spray Droplets Less 'Bouncy'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2016/08/reducing-runoff-pollution-making-spray-droplets-less-bouncy#.V8wHzLvWhWE.blogger">Reducing Runoff Pollution by Making Spray Droplets Less 'Bouncy'</a><br />
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Pretty much what <a href="http://www.kibron.com/products/tensiometers/aquapi-aquapiplus">Kibron's AquaPi</a> has been helping companies that make pesticides do for years. Overall by making better droplets from measuring the surface tension there will be less pesticides in the air is better for bees and trees.</div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-32977588279071347602016-09-04T04:37:00.001-07:002016-09-04T04:37:16.885-07:00Nanostructures harness surface tension for macroscale applications - nanotechweb.org<a href="http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/65793#.V8wHZB8RmAY.blogger">Nanostructures harness surface tension for macroscale applications - nanotechweb.org</a>ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-52409238081828799892016-09-04T04:36:00.001-07:002016-09-04T04:36:37.472-07:00Buzz Blog: Ballistic Fungi Use Surface Tension to Create Extraordinary Accelerations<a href="http://www.physicscentral.com/buzz/blog/index.cfm?postid=3817097756554798104#.V8wHP7Dwduo.blogger">Buzz Blog: Ballistic Fungi Use Surface Tension to Create Extraordinary Accelerations</a>ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-57231664960349351862016-08-16T10:02:00.001-07:002016-08-16T10:02:20.794-07:00Surface tension can sort droplets for biomedical applications: Scientists describe their most recent innovation in engineered superomniphobic surfaces<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160719152217.htm#.V7NHDqhF_ao.blogger">Surface tension can sort droplets for biomedical applications: Scientists describe their most recent innovation in engineered superomniphobic surfaces</a>: Scientists have engineered a simple and inexpensive device that can sort droplets of liquid based solely on the liquids' varying surface tensions.ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-25713927109552176832016-07-29T14:29:00.001-07:002016-07-29T14:32:10.842-07:00Surface tension can sort droplets for biomedical applications<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-07/csu-st071916.php#.V5vKoDvaHzc.blogger">Surface tension can sort droplets for biomedical applications</a>: A team led by Colorado State University's Arun Kota has engineered a simple and inexpensive device that can sort droplets of liquid based solely on the liquids' varying surface tensions. They used Tunable Superomniphobic Surfaces for Sorting Droplets by Surface Tension that could make a wide range of biomedical applications using a Lab-on-a-Chip like device. BAM!<br />
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ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-80762696860306928062016-07-28T15:42:00.000-07:002016-07-28T15:42:02.264-07:00The Maragoni Effect <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Link to article: <a href="http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/2016/07/new-twist-common-lab-tool.html">http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/2016/07/new-twist-common-lab-tool.html</a><br />
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<b>In Analytical Chemistry Journal researchers led by <a href="http://josegc.weebly.com/team.html" style="background-color: white; color: #243140; font-family: "Franklin ITC", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Bio-ARTS Lab">Jose L. Garcia-Cordero</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Franklin ITC Light", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"> et al from Center for Research and Advanced Studies at the National Polytechnic Institute in Monterrey, Mexico, reported that they designed an alternative that uses microsized pillars instead of wells as a bioassay technique. An enzyme solution is added to a pillar and concentration by evaporation. A sample solution (substrate) is added whereby the enzyme reacts to produce a product. Surface tension keeps the droplet in place and the Maragoni effect</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Franklin ITC Light", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"> where liquid flows to areas of higher surface tension helps the protein and the substrate mix.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Franklin ITC Light", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"> These Maragoni currents can be used for colorimetric assays as the evaporation is necessary for the reaction to occur. Possibly it could be an advantage over plate-readers if the they could have faster reaction times or are dealing with substrates or proteins that might degrade or oxidize over a short time period.</span></b></div>
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ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-34756005404856517992016-07-15T03:05:00.001-07:002016-07-15T03:06:31.875-07:00The Ouzo Effect under the magnifying glass<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160714091720.htm#.V4i1V3-gL98.blogger">The Ouzo Effect under the magnifying glass</a>: Pour some water into your glass of ouzo or pastis, and the beverage will change from transparent to milky: this is the well-known 'Ouzo effect'. But what will happen if you simply place a drop of ouzo on a surface and wait? Scientists have studied the phenomena taking place, and distinguish four 'life phases' of the drop, within no more than a quarter of an hour.<br />
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ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-87074946471913162332016-07-13T16:26:00.000-07:002016-07-13T16:27:16.936-07:00Inverted Cereal Effect<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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How your breakfast cereal has some physics in it....a combination of surface tension, gravity and good cereal like Cheerios (better than Fruit Loops)<br />
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Read about it on New York Times:<br />
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<a href="http://nyti.ms/29F729D">http://nyti.ms/29F729D</a></div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-17346304627420624612016-06-29T10:55:00.003-07:002016-06-29T10:55:54.349-07:00Using the last of the shampoo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ohio wants you to save money by making nanobricks that do not adsorb shampoo.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/06/27/ohio-state-nanotechnology-research-might-allow-use-of-liquid-soaps-till-last-drop.html">http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/06/27/ohio-state-nanotechnology-research-might-allow-use-of-liquid-soaps-till-last-drop.html</a></div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-45232920858794403732016-06-23T03:11:00.000-07:002016-06-23T03:11:18.103-07:00Wired Article Link- The Beauty of the Laplace Equation- Mathematical Key to .... Everything <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.kibron.com/">Kibron</a> devices like the <a href="http://kibron.com/products/tensiometers/aquapi-aquapiplus">AquaPi</a> and <a href="http://kibron.com/products/langmuir-tensiometers/deltapi">DeltaPi</a> can measure the air-water interface of surface tension in films that are governed by governed by <em><strong><span style="color: #6a6a6a;">Laplace's</span></strong></em> law of capillary action. Read more about this brilliant equation in Wired. Washing dishes will never be the same...<br />
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<a href="http://www.wired.com/2016/06/laplaces-equation-everywhere/">http://www.wired.com/2016/06/laplaces-equation-everywhere/</a></div>
ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-50074131039928328792016-06-23T03:03:00.001-07:002016-06-23T03:03:34.007-07:00New surface makes oil contamination remove itself<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160617160347.htm#.V2uzJJ3nO_8.blogger">New surface makes oil contamination remove itself</a>: Researchers have developed surfaces where oil transports itself to desired directions. Researchers' oleophobic surfaces are microtextured with radial arrays of undercut stripes. When oil drops fall on surfaces, drops move away from the landing point to the direction set by asymmetric geometrical patterning of the surface. The surfaces open up new avenues for power-free liquid transportation and oil contamination self-removal applications in analytical and fluidic devices.<br /><br />
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<a href="http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/6/e1600148.full">http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/6/e1600148.full</a><br /><br />
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I wonder if <a href="http://www.kibron.com/">Kibron</a> devices may be able aid in this research...ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-10151284166369289652016-04-02T00:09:00.001-07:002016-04-02T00:10:32.505-07:00Water Molecules Break Bonds Through Quantum Tunneling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Water molecules rotate like gears to break bonds.....<br />
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Water forms all the bonds of life. If there is a way that there is some order then it is interesting to understand how that affects the molcules that they are bound to.</div>
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If someone gets shot the blood droplets will hit the ground. With enough time the Water from the blood will evaporate changing the surface tension gradient across the the droplet. These gradients can cause convection inside the drop and pushes the red blood cells towards the outer part of the drop leaving different patterns. The patterns depend on what parts of the blood are deposited. <br />
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ccchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141381848262209497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155039597859053218.post-31758603497389714332016-02-09T00:44:00.001-08:002016-02-09T00:45:38.892-08:00Help! I’m Trapped in a Drop of Water<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/20/help-im-trapped-in-a-drop-of-water/#.VrmmifsTAt8.blogger">Help! I’m Trapped in a Drop of Water</a>: A fish is entombed in a water droplet in zero-g … or is it?<br />
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