LeidenForceHow do vapor bubbles behave when water is below boiling?
Laser-induced bubbles offer a controlled way to probe nucleation and collapse dynamics far from equilibrium.
#phasechange #bubbledynamics #heattransfer #FluidPhysics #fluiddynamics
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
Nicole SharpInside Solidification
As children, we’re taught that there are three distinct phases of matter–solid, liquid, and gas–but the reality is somewhat more complicated. In the right–often exotic–conditions, there are far more phases matter takes on. In a recent study, researchers described a metal that sits somewhere between a liquid and a solid.
In a liquid, atoms are free to move. During solidification, atoms lose this freedom, and their frozen positions relative to one another determine the solid’s properties. Atoms frozen into orderly patterns form crystals, whereas those frozen haphazardly become amorphous solids. In their experiment, researchers instead observed atoms in liquid metal nanoparticles that remained stationary throughout the transition from liquid to solid. The number and position of stationary atoms affected whether the final solid crystallized or not.
By tracking these stationary atoms and their influence, the team hopes to better control the material properties of the final solidified metal. (Image credit: U. of Nottingham; research credit: C. Leist et al.; via Gizmodo)
#amorphousSolid #fluidDynamics #materialScience #phaseChange #physics #science #solidification
13Liquid CO2 For Grid Scale Energy Storage Isn’t Just Hot Air https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/liquid-co2-for-grid-scale-energy-storage-isnt-just-hot-air/
#Greenhacks #Co2 #Energystorage #Gridstorage #Phasechange
#Greenhacks #Co2 #Energystorage #Gridstorage #Phasechange
Chris MederJust dropped a new rap video 🎤⚡ The EV revolution isn’t change—it’s a phase shift. Easy charging, hassle-free rides, freedom on tap. The robot with smoke? Symbolic of the fossil fuel era choking on its own demise. Future’s clean, electric, unstoppable. @EVCurveFuturist #EVs #PhaseChange #Lithium
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Great moments at #Euromech Colloquium 651 in Metz with LeidenForce members!
In the photo: @stephanedorbolo @UniversitedeLiege, cochair, and Benoit Scheid @ULBruxelles presenting on “Bubble and droplet dynamics in inertial microfluidics”.
Also Anne-Laure Biance @cnrs with a talk on “Triboelectricity in droplet impact on superhydrophobic surfaces.”
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Matt WillemsenThe Next-Generation of Memory Technology – New Material Shows Promise
Phase change memory is a type of nonvolatile memory that utilizes the capability of phase change materials (PCM) to transition between an amorphous state, where atoms are scattered, and a crystalline state, where atoms are closely aligned. This change produces a reversible electrical property that can be engineered to store and retrieve data.
https://scitechdaily.com/the-next-generation-of-memory-technology-new-material-shows-promise/ #memory #electronics #PhaseChange #data #Niobium #Telluride #NbTe4 #sputtering
Phase change memory is a type of nonvolatile memory that utilizes the capability of phase change materials (PCM) to transition between an amorphous state, where atoms are scattered, and a crystalline state, where atoms are closely aligned. This change produces a reversible electrical property that can be engineered to store and retrieve data.
https://scitechdaily.com/the-next-generation-of-memory-technology-new-material-shows-promise/ #memory #electronics #PhaseChange #data #Niobium #Telluride #NbTe4 #sputtering
The Next-Generation of Memory Technology – New Material Shows Promise
Phase change memory is a type of nonvolatile memory that utilizes the capability of phase change materials (PCM) to transition between an amorphous state, where atoms are scattered, and a crystalline state, where atoms are closely aligned. This change produces a reversible electrical property that c
Junio Anthes-MoodyI made a short about my phase change materials cooling vest!
Keeping Cool With My Phase Change Vest
Quadrapop 🎨 🐈🐓🌱🇦🇺@[email protected] why look at that, Nth Atlantic is getting ready to do just what the climate models from the 1990s told us it would. Anyone taking bets on the exact date when the currents flip? #PhaseChange #OceanCurrents