A liquid drop impacting a non-wetting rigid substrate spreads, retracts and rebounds, while an elastic sphere deforms slightly and bounces off. This work bridges these two limits and offers a framework for liquid-to-elastic transitions.
A theoretical study of the IEDDA reaction of endo-BCN with 2H-pyran-2-one, 2H-thiopyran-2-one, 2H-pyran-2-thione and 2H-thiopyran-2-thione reveals the superior reactivity of 2H-pyran-2-thiones because of the lower distortion energy.
Depending on the direction of the Marangoni effects, gas bubble locations and consequently the force balance determining gas bubble detachment can vary significantly.
While freezing a double-emulsion, sudden topological transitions of compound droplets are observed caused by partial solidification, triggering liquid-to-vapor phase transitions.
The Mpemba effect is not well defined, as it does not distinguish between an initially hot water sample reaching 0 °C before an initially cold one or an initially cold sample supercooling and entering its phase transition after an initially hot one.