Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Why a drop of oil bounces in a water/ethanol gradient and eventually falls to the bottom of a jar

A team of researchers working at the University of Twente has solved the mystery of why a drop of oil bounces repeatedly when dropped in a water/ethanol gradient but eventually falls to the bottom of a jar. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes their study of the odd behavior.

* This article was originally published here