13 October 2015
Dancing droplets launch themselves from thin fibers: Droplets flung by hydrophobic material may aid water purification and oil refining
Researchers have observed droplets spontaneously fling themselves from thin fibers. The phenomenon occurs so long as the fibers are small enough relative to the coalescing droplets and moderately hydrophobic, and has applications ranging from water purification to oil refining
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