Cereal Science: How Liquid Drops Use the 'Inverted Cheerios Effect' (VIDEO)

Queen Mary University of London

Caption

This video shows how water droplets move through a gel substrate. The thickness of the substate can be tuned so the droplets eventually move towards each and coalescence.

Credit

Dr Stefan Karpitschka

Usage Restrictions

Please credit Dr Stefan Karpitschka

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.