Article Open access Published: 25 February 2014 The dynamic surface tension of atmospheric aerosol surfactants reveals new aspects of cloud activation Barbara Nozière, Christine Baduel & Jean-Luc ...

The surface tension of a liquid is a measure of the cohesive forces that hold the molecules together. It is responsible for a water drop assuming a spherical shape and for the effects of ...

The very same force allows water striders to glide along the surface of a pond, and, as Bandi demonstrates, causes flakes to move across water. Yet, despite its ubiquity, the Marangoni effect is ...

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryoEM) faces challenges such as particle aggregation, preferential orientation, and loss at ...

Understanding the surface tension properties of aqueous surfactants and polymer materials is important for the pharmaceutical, coatings, paints, inks, surfactant and household products industries. The ...

Let's look at a simple example. A mixture of soap and water will support a foam. Soap is a surfactant with a low surface tension, while water is a liquid with quite a high surface tension.

Thin oil films absorbed onto the surface of water droplets lead to anomalously stable, surfactant-free oil and water mixtures, according to a new study. The findings demonstrate a mechanism for ...

The surface tension of water at 25°C. is 72 dynes, and that of Alevaire 37.5 dynes per centimeter. The surface tension of homogenized sputum remained approximately 52 dynes per centimeter ...

Physicists at the University of Liège have succeeded in sculpting the surface of water by exploiting surface tension. Using 3D printing of closely spaced spines, they have combined menisci to ...

Key Concepts 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. Summary Students ...