Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a rapid chemical analysis technology that has been well developed for trace element analyses in gases, liquids, and solids. It uses a high-power laser ...

Researches have used computer simulations to study the way liquid filaments break up into smaller droplets. This holds implications, among others, for inkjet printer technology. Whether we're aware of ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, No. 24 (June 12, 2018), pp. 6159-6164 (6 pages) We investigate the dynamics of an electrified liquid filament ...

Concentrated particulate suspensions, commonplace in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries, display intriguing rheology. In particular, the dramatic increase in viscosity with strain rate ...

A filament of liquid squirted from a nozzle will sometimes contract into a single drop and other times break up into many segments. Now, researchers in the UK have mapped the parameters that will lead ...

Whether we're aware of it or not, in day-to-day life we often witness an intriguing phenomenon: the breakup of jets of liquid into chains of droplets. It happens when it rains, for example, and it is ...