Team devises easier way to make 'bijels,' a complex new form of liquid matter
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 06:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Oil and water famously don't mix, but finely dispersing one in the other produces a liquid mixture with many useful properties. An emulsion consisting of tiny droplets of one of those liquids immersed in the other is the most common form, found in everything from salad dressings, to cosmetics to industrial lubricants.