Liquid Origami: Scientists Create Microscopic Six-Pointed Stars from Tiny Droplets (VIDEO)

Bar-Ilan University

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Reversible temperature-controlled transformation of a microscopic liquid droplet from a sphere to a hexagon, to a six-pointed star, and back. The droplet’s volume is several picoliters.

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Dr. Alexander Butenko, Bar-Ilan University

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