Highly viscous liquids – like cake batter, lava, or the spider silk above – fold as they fall. Several factors impact this instability including the fluid’s density, viscosity, surface tension, Keep reading
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Wrapping Droplets
Future efforts for targeted drug delivery may require encapsulating droplets before transporting them to their final location. One method for encapsulation is wrapping a drop in a thin, solid sheet. Keep reading
Self-Wrapping Drops
A liquid drop can fold itself up in a thin sheet. The animation above shows a drop of water with an ultra-thin (79nm) circular sheet of polystyrene atop it. As Keep reading