Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Laboratory layered latte

  • Nan Xue,
  • Sepideh Khodaparast,
  • Lailai Zhu,
  • Janine K. Nunes,
  • Hyoungsoo Kim,
  • Howard A. Stone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01852-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The ability to form density layering in a fluid in a simple and repeatable way is of relevance to a number of industrial and environmental processes. Here Xue et al. show formation of layers by simple injection of a hot liquid into a warm one at a predetermined critical pouring velocity.