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The weather is kindly providing a live demonstration of our research topic. ☀️
#LeidenLog #HeatTransfer #Physics #Research #ExtremeHeat #LeidenfrostEffect
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The weather is kindly providing a live demonstration of our research topic. ☀️
#LeidenLog #HeatTransfer #Physics #Research #ExtremeHeat #LeidenfrostEffect
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Data quality defines scientific insight.
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Data quality defines scientific insight.
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A drop of water is never just a drop.
#LeidenLog #Droplets #Physics #SurfaceScience #FluidDynamics #LeidenfrostEffect
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A drop of water is never just a drop.
#LeidenLog #Droplets #Physics #SurfaceScience #FluidDynamics #LeidenfrostEffect
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There are days when studying heatwaves seems like a great idea. And then there are days when you start questioning your choices... 🥵
#LeidenLog #Heatwave #ExtremeHeat #Research #Science #Climate #LeidenfrostEffect
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There are days when studying heatwaves seems like a great idea. And then there are days when you start questioning your choices... 🥵
#LeidenLog #Heatwave #ExtremeHeat #Research #Science #Climate #LeidenfrostEffect
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There are days when studying heatwaves seems like a great idea. And then there are days when you start questioning your choices... 🥵
#Heatwave #ExtremeHeat #Research #Science #Climate #LeidenfrostEffect
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There are days when studying heatwaves seems like a great idea. And then there are days when you start questioning your choices... 🥵
#Heatwave #ExtremeHeat #Research #Science #Climate #LeidenfrostEffect
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Is honey a good candidate for the Leidenfrost effect?
LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?
In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!
Surprised by the result? 👇
#LeidenfrostEffect #ScienceFact #Honey #Bubbles #Viscosity #FakeOrFact
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Is honey a good candidate for the Leidenfrost effect?
LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?
In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!
Surprised by the result? 👇
#LeidenfrostEffect #ScienceFact #Honey #Bubbles #Viscosity #FakeOrFact
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● Capillary waves: ripples on droplets ●
Explore, in the ESPCI MOOC video, how surface tension and inertia create capillary waves on droplets. Understanding these waves is important for advanced droplet dynamics studies.
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6VA2E7v14M&list=PLcbz7zf4dTyk9BqlBPLpgI48i9TiorpEi&index=18
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#CapillaryWaves #FluidPhysics #LeidenfrostEffect #MOOC #Physics
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● Capillary waves: ripples on droplets ●
Explore, in the ESPCI MOOC video, how surface tension and inertia create capillary waves on droplets. Understanding these waves is important for advanced droplet dynamics studies.
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6VA2E7v14M&list=PLcbz7zf4dTyk9BqlBPLpgI48i9TiorpEi&index=18
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#CapillaryWaves #FluidPhysics #LeidenfrostEffect #MOOC #Physics
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🔬 What happened inside LeidenForce in May?
Experimental setups, science communication, PhD stories, scientific watch and more.
Explore our monthly recap ⬇️
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7472188825423986688#LeidenForce #ResearchLife #PhDLife #FluidDynamics #ScientificWatch #LeidenfrostEffect #HorizonEurope #MSCA
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🔬 What happened inside LeidenForce in May?
Experimental setups, science communication, PhD stories, scientific watch and more.
Explore our monthly recap ⬇️
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7472188825423986688#LeidenForce #ResearchLife #PhDLife #FluidDynamics #ScientificWatch #LeidenfrostEffect #HorizonEurope #MSCA
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#OnThisDay in 1826, physicist Georges Sire was born. His thesis on the “globular state of liquids” contributed to the early study of the #LeidenfrostEffect.
🔗Discover his contribution: https://www.leidenforce.eu/georges-sire-history-of-the-leidenfrost-effect
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LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?
Can the Leidenfrost effect protect an object from fire?
In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!
#LeidenfrostEffect #ScienceFact #ThermalPhysics #PhysicsExperiment #heattransfer
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LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?
Can the Leidenfrost effect protect an object from fire?
In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!
#LeidenfrostEffect #ScienceFact #ThermalPhysics #PhysicsExperiment #heattransfer
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Engineered capillary materials and even natural structures like wood can sustain vapor levitation and self-propel on hot surfaces, expanding Leidenfrost physics beyond droplets.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-026-03255-x
#LeidenfrostEffect #Biomimetics #Physics #MaterialsScience #SurfaceScience
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Engineered capillary materials and even natural structures like wood can sustain vapor levitation and self-propel on hot surfaces, expanding Leidenfrost physics beyond droplets.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-026-03255-x
#LeidenfrostEffect #Biomimetics #Physics #MaterialsScience #SurfaceScience
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You were waiting to discover the LeidenForce PhD students on video: we are launching the first episode of our series: True Force Portraits – LeidenForce talents on the boil.
This episode features Cheikh Tidiane DIOUM, PhD student recruited by @stephanedorbolo at the @UniversitedeLiege within the PtYX laboratory.
▶️ Meet Cheikh Tidiane Dioum: https://youtu.be/L1qVxEtmeH4
#LeidenForce #TrueForce #MSCA #HorizonEurope #LeidenfrostEffect #PhD #Research #Science #ResearchPortraits #FluidDynamics
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You were waiting to discover the LeidenForce PhD students on video: we are launching the first episode of our series: True Force Portraits – LeidenForce talents on the boil.
This episode features Cheikh Tidiane DIOUM, PhD student recruited by @stephanedorbolo at the @UniversitedeLiege within the PtYX laboratory.
▶️ Meet Cheikh Tidiane Dioum: https://youtu.be/L1qVxEtmeH4
#LeidenForce #TrueForce #MSCA #HorizonEurope #LeidenfrostEffect #PhD #Research #Science #ResearchPortraits #FluidDynamics
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If the #LeidenfrostEffect fascinates you as much as it does us, we highly recommend reading this review by Seán M. Stewart.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ac3fed
Beyond a simple overview, this article traces the scientific history of the phenomenon, while providing a rich and detailed perspective on the dynamics of Leidenfrost droplets.
Enjoy the read!
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If the #LeidenfrostEffect fascinates you as much as it does us, we highly recommend reading this review by Seán M. Stewart.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ac3fed
Beyond a simple overview, this article traces the scientific history of the phenomenon, while providing a rich and detailed perspective on the dynamics of Leidenfrost droplets.
Enjoy the read!
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Cooling is rarely steady. Experiments show how heat transfer changes dynamically during rapid temperature drops.
These transient effects matter for boiling regimes and could help refine models of vapor layer formation.
#heattransfer #phasechange #leidenfrosteffect #thermodynamics #physics
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Cooling is rarely steady. Experiments show how heat transfer changes dynamically during rapid temperature drops.
These transient effects matter for boiling regimes and could help refine models of vapor layer formation.
#heattransfer #phasechange #leidenfrosteffect #thermodynamics #physics
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LAB CHRONICLE #27
- Experimental method -Scenario: compare different liquids to explore the #LeidenfrostEffect.
Ambition: clean results, sharp table, publishable conclusions.
Reality: 5 liquids, 3 plates, 0 consistency & lab smells like hot vinegar.
Conclusion: If a liquid surprises you, maybe you’re on the right track.
#ExperimentalScience #PhysicsExperiments #LabFails #ScienceIsHard
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- Matter for Thought - Timeless insights for modern physics -
"The expression spheroidal state, which I proposed to describe the molecular modification in question, has now become part of the scientific vocabulary."
👨🔬Quote by Pierre Hippolyte Boutigny, French chemist & physicist
📚Source: "Studies on Bodies in the Spheroidal State - A New Branch of Physics” (1857)
#leidenfrosteffect #PhysicsInspiration #science #research #fluiddynamics
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- Matter for Thought - Timeless insights for modern physics -
"The expression spheroidal state, which I proposed to describe the molecular modification in question, has now become part of the scientific vocabulary."
👨🔬Quote by Pierre Hippolyte Boutigny, French chemist & physicist
📚Source: "Studies on Bodies in the Spheroidal State - A New Branch of Physics” (1857)
#leidenfrosteffect #PhysicsInspiration #science #research #fluiddynamics
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LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?
In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!
#Acetone #leidenfrosteffect #volatileliquids #ThermalPhysics #fluiddynamics
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Simulations show two droplets hitting a micro‑structured hydrophobic surface bounce differently depending on spacing and angle. This dynamic is useful for surface engineering.
#dropletimpact #hydrophobic #leidenfrosteffect #fluidmechanics #microstructure
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- Wetting dynamics: how droplets spread -
The speed and shape of droplet spreading depend on wetting dynamics.
Discover it in this video from the "Dynamics of fluid interfaces" MOOC by ESPCI Paris - PSL.
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3gcJXDVjZU&list=PLcbz7zf4dTyk9BqlBPLpgI48i9TiorpEi&index=14
#WettingDynamics #LeidenfrostEffect #FluidPhysics #MOOC #FluidDynamics
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LAB CHRONICLE #25
-Title of my next paper-“Undisciplined Drops: When Physics Laughs at Us”
#PublishOrPerish #PaperInProgress #ScientificWriting #ScienceHumor #LeidenfrostEffect
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A key takeaway for LeidenForce: surface wettability radically reshapes the surface–bubble–flow coupling—smaller bubbles, higher detachment frequency, stronger vortical flows.
🔗 https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/jvxz-8mzv
#FluidDynamics #MultiphaseFlow #InterfacialFlows #LeidenfrostEffect #wettability
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On #WomenInScience day, we welcome Lorena Victoria García to #LeidenForce.
Her PhD explores if an electric field can locally switch off the #LeidenfrostEffect.
Supervised by Anne-Laure Biance at @cnrs & Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France), with a secondment at CRM Group (Belgium).
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On #WomenInScience day, we welcome Lorena Victoria García to #LeidenForce.
Her PhD explores if an electric field can locally switch off the #LeidenfrostEffect.
Supervised by Anne-Laure Biance at @cnrs & Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France), with a secondment at CRM Group (Belgium).
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📌 To (re)live the #LeidenForce #WinterSchool 2026 (lectures, PhD talks, photos, and highlights from the week), read full article here → https://www.LeidenForce.eu/postwinterschool2026
📷 NTNU - @utwente - FNRS - @UniversitedeLiege - @ULBruxelles - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - @cnrs - IMFT - Saint-Gobain Research Paris - ISTA - ESPCI
#LeidenfrostEffect #FluidDynamics #HorizonEurope #PhD #Research
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📌 To (re)live the #LeidenForce #WinterSchool 2026 (lectures, PhD talks, photos, and highlights from the week), read full article here → https://www.LeidenForce.eu/postwinterschool2026
📷 NTNU - @utwente - FNRS - @UniversitedeLiege - @ULBruxelles - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - @cnrs - IMFT - Saint-Gobain Research Paris - ISTA - ESPCI
#LeidenfrostEffect #FluidDynamics #HorizonEurope #PhD #Research
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- Capillary number: balancing viscosity and surface tension -
The capillary number quantifies how viscosity and surface tension interact in droplets. Explore this key concept in the ESPCI Paris - PSL MOOC video.
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbEOcd977ec&list=PLcbz7zf4dTyk9BqlBPLpgI48i9TiorpEi&index=12
#CapillaryNumber #Viscosity #SurfaceTension #FluidPhysics #LeidenfrostEffect
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Day 2 #LeidenForce Winter School
Lecture by Detlef Lohse @utwente on the dynamics of drops and Leidenfrost drops, highlighting the richness and complexity of droplet impacts.
➡️ www.leidenforce.eu/partners
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Day 2 #LeidenForce Winter School
Lecture by Detlef Lohse @utwente on the dynamics of drops and Leidenfrost drops, highlighting the richness and complexity of droplet impacts.
➡️ www.leidenforce.eu/partners
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LeidenForce #WinterSchool 2026 begins next week @utwente 🇳🇱.
Over 4 days, experts and PhD students will engage in scientific discussions on the #Leidenfrosteffect and related physical mechanisms.
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LAB CHRONICLE #20
-Data Acquisition -Camera aligned.
Perfect focus.
→ Then I sneezed.
→ 4 hours of recalibration.#LabLifeGoesOn #PhDLife #ExperimentalTragedy #LabReality #LeidenfrostEffect
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LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?
In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!
#FluidDynamics #DailyScience #LeidenfrostEffect #Physics #FakeOrFact #HeatTransfer
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LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?
In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!
#FluidDynamics #DailyScience #LeidenfrostEffect #Physics #FakeOrFact #HeatTransfer
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The Leidenfrost effect: when drops levitate
Water droplets can levitate on hot surfaces thanks to a vapor layer. Learn how in this ESPCI Paris MOOC video.
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keKFb9a32_M&list=PLcbz7zf4dTyk9BqlBPLpgI48i9TiorpEi&index=11
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#LeidenfrostEffect #Droplet #FluidDynamics #ScienceResearch #MOOC
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LAB CHRONICLE #18
-Shooting Instructions-Always check that the camera isn’t pointing at the wall.
Especially after 3 days of shooting.#ExperimentalSetup #KingOfTheLab #NoPanic #Research #LeidenfrostEffect
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LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?
In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!💬 Have a scientific question? Comment below—it could be our next Fake or Fact!
#leidenforce #Physics #FakeOrFact #SciComm #smoothsurface #leidenfrosteffect #quiztime
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LAB CHRONICLE #17
-Weekly Report-No usable data.
But I learned how to pour a drop with style.#LeidenfrostEffect #ScienceInProgress #HoldTheLine #NoDataNoCry #SchrödingerData #DataScience
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▶️ New video!
Watch a Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a pure water Leidenfrost droplet in full detail, simulated with #pyoomph. Footage recorded by Maxim de Wildt (DC#9, #LeidenForce) at @utwente -
We are recruiting a PhD for LeidenForce (Horizon Europe) — ESPCI Paris - PSL & @UniversitedeLiege
France + Belgium • Experimental physics • Fluid & heat transfer
One of the final opportunities in the MSCA Doctoral Network.
We need You to share this call within your network.🗓️ Application deadline
November 15, 2025👉 Apply now | Please share
• Application form: https://www.leidenforce.eu/upload/docs/application/pdf/2025-11/phd_position_dc9__leidenforce_espci_paris__university_of_liege.pdf
• More info: https://www.leidenforce.eu#fluiddynamics #PhDposition #MSCA #HorizonEurope #leidenfrosteffect
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👋 Meet Maxim de Wildt (DC#2), our first PhD student in LeidenForce!
He studies the Leidenfrost effect under Detlef Lohse at
@utwente combining experiments & modeling — and will also join CRM Group in Ghent.
Full article in comments ⬇
#LeidenfrostEffect #FluidDynamics #Research #Physics -
LeidenForce has masto-donned its way into the Fediverse!
We are a European MSCA-DN research project, funded by #horizonEurope & dedicated to studying the #LeidenfrostEffect
Here, we’ll share our discoveries, research topics, and glimpses of #PhDlife — hoping to spark your curiosity.
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Lava Meets Leidenfrost
Drop water on a surface much hotter than its boiling point, and the liquid will bead up and skitter over the surface, levitated on a cushion of its own vapor. In addition to making the drop hypermobile, this vapor layer insulates it from the heat of the surface, allowing it to survive longer than it would at lower temperatures. Known as the Leidenfrost effect, this phenomenon can show up in lava flows, as well.
Pillow lava is a smooth, bulbous rock formed when lava breaks out underwater. The exiting lava is incandescent and, therefore, incredibly hot — hot enough to vaporize a layer of water surrounding it. The lava can continue to expand until it cools too much to sustain the vapor layer. An elastic skin builds up over the cooling lava. Eventually, a new pillow will bud off, possibly due to a surge in the lava flow or a weak point in the developing skin. (Image credit: J. de Gier; research credit: A. Mills; via LeidenForce)
#fluidDynamics #geology #geophysics #lava #LeidenfrostEffect #physics #science #vaporization
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Study: Leidenfrost effect occurs in all three water phases: Solid, liquid, and vapor - Slow-motion video of boiling ice, a research project of the Nature-Inspired... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1827280 #leidenfrosteffect #phasetransitions #fluiddynamics #science #physics #ice
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MIT scientists reveal why water drops move faster on a hot, oil-coated surface - Enlarge / Researchers have determined why droplets are propelled across a heated ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1787403 #leidenfrosteffect #science #physics