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HorizonEU MSCA-DN research project | Experimental physics of the Leidenfrost Effect | Fluids, PhDs, soft matter, industry
✨Discover, learn & explore with us!

🔗 https://www.leidenforce.eu
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"The challenge is far more difficult for the vast, messy world of heterogeneous data across the research and development (R&D) enterprise, where varying standards and incomplete metadata create barriers to discovery."
#OpenSource #OpenData #AIModels
Accelerating science with AI

"By empowering researchers across all disciplines and institutions to accelerate science and engineering, AI could increase the productivity and impact of research, boost innovation, fuel economic growth, and improve people’s lives."

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Reposted by LeidenForce
D\'iaz, Bhargava, Walz, Sharifi, Sumally, Berger, Kappl, Butt, Lohse, Willers, Sanjay, Vollmer: Stood-up drop to measure receding contact angles https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.20259 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.20259 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.20259
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
LAB CHRONICLE #27
– Experimental method –
Scenario: compare liquids for the #LeidenfrostEffect
Ambition: clean results, sharp table, publishable
Reality: 5 liquids, 3 plates, 0 consistency — vinegar everywhere
Conclusion: If a liquid surprises you, maybe you’re on the right track
#Physics #LabFails
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
How do droplets move on heated, textured surfaces?

Vahid Taheri (DC#5) joins #LeidenForce to study surface microstructures & Leidenfrost temperature.
With M. Fernandino @ntnu-iss.bsky.social , @airbus.com & @univlille.bsky.social

🔗Read more: shorturl.at/bNu4x

#HeatTransfer #PhD #SmartSurfaces
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Reposted by LeidenForce
Aymeric Allemand, Anne-Laure Biance, Christophe Ybert, Laurent Joly: Molecular insight on ultra-confined ionic transport in wetting films: the key role of friction https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17257 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.17257 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.17257
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
- Gravity effects on liquid-solid contact -
Discover its role in the Leidenfrost phenomenon in these @espciparispsl.bsky.social MOOC videos.

🎥 1️⃣ urlr.me/jQekNx
🎥 2️⃣ urlr.me/6tYZdg

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#Gravity #MOOC #Leidenfrost #FluidDynamics #Physics
2.3 Solid-liquid contact - Gravity effects
YouTube video by ESPCI Paris - PSL
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November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Tips for reducing the carbon footprint of physics laboratories 🧪🌱
Insights from CNRS Physique: sharing equipment, optimizing energy use in cleanrooms, and rethinking purchases can significantly cut emissions.
#Sustainability #Physics #LabLife #Study
CNRS Physique a analysé une centaine de bilans d’émissions de gaz à effet de serre réalisés par 43 unités de recherche. Cette synthèse met en lumière les principaux postes d’émissions et révèle la diversité des pratiques selon les profils de laboratoires.⤵️

www.inp.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...
Les laboratoires de physique évaluent leur empreinte carbone
Les laboratoires de physique se mobilisent depuis plusieurs années pour évaluer et comprendre leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre.
www.inp.cnrs.fr
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Reposted by LeidenForce
In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, Andrea Stöllner, Isaac Lenton, Scott Waitukaitis, and other colleagues have developed a way to catch, hold, and electrically charge a single particle using two laser beams.
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
LAB CHRONICLE #26
– Shoot cancelled –
Scenario: caffeinated Leidenfrost demo
Ambition: Nobel Prize (or a viral post)
Reality: burnt-smell #coffee, empty extinguisher, no coffee left.
➡️Science is knowing when to stop filming—right before the smoke... and the coffee shortage.
#NobelDreams #LabLife
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
▶️ New video! Watch a Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a pure water Leidenfrost droplet in full detail, simulated with #pyoomph. Footage recorded by Maxim de Wildt (DC#9, #LeidenForce) at @utwente.bsky.social

🎥 youtu.be/weRZxJhZ6K0?...

#LeidenfrostEffect #FluidDynamics #HorizonEU
Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a pure water Leidenfrost droplet
YouTube video by LeidenForce
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
LAB CHRONICLE #25
-Title of my next paper-

“Undisciplined Drops: When Physics Laughs at Us”

#PublishOrPerish #PaperInProgress #ScientificWriting #ScienceHumor #LeidenfrostEffect
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
- Contact angle hysteresis -
Why do droplets stick to surfaces even at low angles?

Answer in this video by @espciparispsl.bsky.social

🎥 youtu.be/eTpEXYuK2bA?...

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#ContactAngle #Hysteresis #mooc #FluidDynamics #Physics
2.2 Solid-liquid contact - Hysteresis
YouTube video by ESPCI Paris - PSL
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"AI tools are not simply automatic tools, they translate our words according to their own logic, influenced by their databases and algorithms. The humanities have an essential role to play in understanding and evaluating them."
#AITools #VisualLanguage #PerceptionAndAI #AIBias #CulturalAlgorithms
Can we really trust artificial intelligence to illustrate our ideas? Scientists have examined the capabilities of #Midjourney and #DALL·E - two Generative Artificial Intelligence (#GAI) software programs - to produce images from simple sentences.
www.fsa.uliege.be/cms/c_127862...
When AI draws our words
A new study proposes visual composition criteria for evaluating Midjourney and DALL·E, beyond mere computer scores.
www.fsa.uliege.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The oldest and best-known preprint repository, arXiv, has announced that it will no longer accept review or position papers in computer science. The website will make exceptions only for papers that have been previously accepted by a peer-reviewed venue"
#arXiv #Preprint #AIEthics #PeerReview
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Matter for Thought - Timeless insights for Modern Physics

🖊️Quote by Pierre Hippolyte Boutigny, French physicist

📘Source: "Studies on Bodies in the Spheroidal State – A New Branch of Physics” (1857)

#Physics #Experiment #Thermodynamics #ExploreTheUnknown #STEM
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Congratulations to Scott Waitukaitis @istaresearch.bsky.social for this well-deserved recognition 👏
We’re proud to have his collaboration within the LeidenForce project.
👉 Meet the team: www.leidenforce.eu/partners

#leidenforce #softmatter #HorizonEurope #ResearchCollaboration #MSCA
Scott Waitukaitis wins the #APS Early Career Award for Soft Matter Research. This honor highlights his work with soft electrified materials, solving the mystery of contact electrification, and bringing clarity to complex soft matter challenges through innovative experiments. Congratulations, Scott!
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Un plan (...) qui vise à connecter les grandes capitales européennes plus efficacement par le rail" et "à augmenter l’utilisation des carburants moins polluants, notamment dans le transport maritime et l’aviation"
#ResearchMobility #PhysicsForSustainability #DecarbonizedAviation #EUResearch
🇪🇺
Mercredi, la Commission européenne a dévoilé un paquet de mesures visant à promouvoir les moyens de transport durables. Une partie des annonces concerne le développement de lignes de train à grande vitesse, l’autre cible l’utilisation de carburants moins polluants.
De Paris à Madrid en six heures : l’UE veut développer les lignes de train à grande vitesse
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Pocket guide to scientific writing & publishing:
✔ How to write clear, effective scientific papers
✔ What reviewers & editors actually look for
✔ How to avoid common mistakes
✔ Using AI tools wisely and ethically
✔ Publishing in journals that matter for your career
#ScientificPaper #ResearchTips
Occasionally people send me books they have published - mostly they are pretty average, but this one was delightful and useful. Recommended! www.amazon.com/Pocket-Guide...
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
LAB CHRONICLE #24
-Coffee Break-

— Did you get a result?
— Yes.
— Reproducible?
— No.
— Beautiful?
— Very.

#CoffeeBreak #ScienceBreak #BeautifulFailure #LabConversations #AestheticsOfError
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We are recruiting a #PhD for LeidenForce @espciparispsl.bsky.social & @universitedeliege.bsky.social
🇫🇷 + 🇧🇪 • Experimental physics • Fluid & heat transfer
Deadline: 15 November 2025
Apply now | Please share
Application form: bit.ly/49wcuK2
More info: www.leidenforce.eu
#PhDPosition #HorizonEU #MSCA
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
LAB CHRONICLE #23
-Post-it Found on the Camera-

“Approximate framing = approximate science”
→ My camera is judging me.

#LabLife #BehindTheExperiment #PrecisionMatters #PostItWisdom #ScientificIrony
October 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"When I did not know the answer to an issue she raised, I (...) did my best to listen (...) and allow her to determine her best course of action. Sometimes I was there simply to provide a safe space to vent. I could help even when I did not have a solution."
#mentor #mentoring #tips
"What mattered, I realized, was not to be some imaginary perfect mentor with all the answers, but to get to know my mentee ... and offer whatever guidance and support I could based on my own experiences." #NationalMentoringDay https://scim.ag/47mSs29
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"la science est plus importante que jamais pour relever les défis mondiaux auxquels nos sociétés sont confrontées. La réalisation d’une égalité inclusive entre les hommes et les femmes dans l’enseignement supérieur, la recherche et l’innovation est un élément clé pour relever avec succès ces défis."
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🇧🇪 #LeidenForce team spirit mixing scientific discussions, new encounters, iconic boulets-frites… and a few stolen fries ;)
📷 @marca-be.bsky.social @crokybe.bsky.social Gauri Patki, Cheikh Tidiane DIOUM @universitedeliege.bsky.social & Alexis Duchesne @fst-ulille.bsky.social
#Teamwork #BelgianStyle
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM