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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Hot liquid marbles.

Pritam Kumar Roy, Yui Takai, Rui Matsubara, Mizuki Tenjimbayashi, Timothée Mouterde

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Pritam Kumar RoyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1929-8199
Yui TakaiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Rui MatsubaraDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Mizuki TenjimbayashiResearch Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8107-8285
Timothée MouterdeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1166-1723

Funding

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23KF0106MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 24K01341MEXT | JST | Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING) JPMJSP2108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the insect realm, liquids become traps due to capillary and viscous forces dominant at their scale. Yet, aphids handle the highly viscous honeydew droplets they secrete by coating them with hydrophobic wax powder which maintains an air layer between their body and the liquid. These coated droplets, known as liquid marbles, exhibit low friction and high mobility, enabling manipulation of small liquid volumes which is useful for biomedical analysis where sample volumes are limited, chemistry to reduce chemical waste, or digital microfluidics for large-scale cell culturing and drug testing. For such applications-including exothermic reactions or biological studies typically conducted above room temperature-the ability to carry hot liquid is important but remains unexplored. This article investigates the stability and static friction of hot liquid marbles placed on a substrate cooler by ∆

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condensationdropsliquid marblesstatic friction

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PMID40359044
PMCPMC12107086

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