The shale boom in North America started more than a decade ago, however, the issue of
substantial fracturing fluid loss inside shale did not draw much attention for a decade. In the …

Bubble-particle interaction is of great theoretical and practical importance in flotation.
Significant progress has been achieved over the past years and the process of bubble …

Hydrogels are water enriched soft materials widely used for applications as varied as super
absorbents, breast implants and contact lenses. Hydrogels have also been designed for …

A combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and reflection interference contrast
microscopy (RICM) was used to measure simultaneously the interaction force and the …

Interactions involving chemical reagents, solid particles, gas bubbles, liquid droplets, and
solid surfaces in complex fluids play a vital role in many engineering processes, such as …

Despite recent remarkable advances in microscopic techniques, it still remains very
challenging to directly observe the complex structure of cytoplasmic organelles in live cells …

Interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy is a powerful tool for label-free sensitive
detection and imaging of nanoparticles to high spatiotemporal resolution. As it was born out …

When a droplet gently lands on an atomically smooth substrate, it will most likely contact the
underlying surface in about 0.1 s. However, theoretical estimation from fluid mechanics …

Advances in the research of intermolecular and surface interactions result from the
development of new and improved measurement techniques and combinations of existing …

Solid–liquid–vapor interfaces dominated by the three‐phase contact line, usually performing
as the active center in reactions, are important in biological and industrial processes. In this …