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 ...

The polarity of water molecules can help explain why water has a strong surface tension. Students will observe several phenomena related to the polarity of water molecules. They will observe a ...

Researchers have detailed the physics behind a phenomenon that allows them to create spin in liquid droplets using ultrasound ...

Ferguson's equation connecting surface tension and absolute temperature, and paragraphs on adsorption. Surface Tension and Surface Energy and their Influence on Chemical Phenomena.

Prior research has shown that droplets with a surface tension lower than the surface tension of surrounding fluid will spread rather than mixing, a phenomenon known as the Marangoni effect. A drop ...

Two Harvard researchers, Tom McMahon and Jim Glasheen, began studying the phenomenon in the 1990s. They developed a ...

Understanding the mechanisms behind these phenomena is crucial to a broad ... thanks to various factors such as reduced droplet surface tension. The Hong Kong team discovered they could achieve ...

It creates a safe and nutritious alternative to environmental monitoring devices made from artificial polymers and ...

Bonding over the science of Surface Tension! Bonding over the science ... as they learn all about the molecular bonds behind water phenomena! STEM Challenge: Making Surface Striders Curious ...