Researchers furthered our understanding of the crystallization process in confined spaces by visualizing the ordering of colloidal particles in a droplet. The team conducted real-time microscopic ...

Physicists have examined a special system of colloidal particles that they activated using laser light. The researchers discovered that self-propelling droplets, which they have named 'droploids', ...

Scientists develop new method for ultra-high speed droplet production in microfluidic devices using three-dimensional porous inverse colloidal crystal structures Over the past two decades, ...

Have you ever spilled coffee on a solid surface such as the floor, table or clothing? Most of us have had the experience, but if you have not, or if you are curious, spill just a drop and let it dry ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The shapes of simple polyatomic molecules such as carbon dioxide and methane are characterized by a specific symmetry depending on the manner of linking of the atoms. Nano- to ...

Header image: Different orientation of disks at 10 MHz of acoustic standing wave. Research from the College of Engineering and Applied Science that uses acoustic radiation forces to shape the internal ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of physicists from Germany and Sweden working with first author Jens Christian Grauer from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has examined a special system of colloidal ...

Extreme emulsification methods (micro-fluidic and ultrasonic approaches) of rupturing larger microscale droplets into nanoscale droplets are providing interesting and useful non-equilibrium systems ...

(Nanowerk News) Over the past two decades, microfluidic devices, which use technology to produce micrometer-sized droplets, have become crucial to various applications. These span chemical reactions, ...

Over the last two decades, ongoing research in microfluidics has faced challenges in applications due to the restricted productivity of microdroplets. In a recent study, researchers from Chiba ...