Researchers from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, working with a team from the University of Southern Denmark have developed a way to manipulate the movement of alcohol droplets suspended in water. For the study, researchers experimented with adding different concentrations of salt to the water to get the drops of alcohol to move in a certain way, with higher salt concentrations attracting the alcohol to that area.
Researchers from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, working with a team from the University of Southern Denmark have developed a way to manipulate the movement of alcohol droplets suspended in water.
For the study, researchers experimented with adding different concentrations of salt to the water to get the drops of alcohol to move in a certain way, with higher salt concentrations attracting the alcohol to that area.
Temperature was also used as a way to manipulate the movement of the alcohol droplets.
Martin Hanczyc who was working at the Center for Fundamental Living Technology at the University of Southern Denmark when the research was conducted is quoted as saying: βThe droplet can act either as a lubricant, targeting an area that needs lubrication. Or the droplet can act as a carrier for chemistry that can find a target destination and release its content, such as flavoring, medicine etc.β
The team of researchers has released an online video of colored droplets moving around in a maze to demonstrate the results.
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