Pendant Drop Experiment (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Pendant Drop Experiment

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Researchers created a 2-D liquid consisting of nanoparticles at the interface between a drop of oil and the surrounding water. By sucking the oil back into a pipette, they could infer some of the physical rules that govern this system.

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University of Pennsylvania

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