Fluids articles from across Nature Portfolio

Fluids are amorphous substances, mostly liquids or gases, that flow under an applied shear stress and have the tendency to assume the shape of their container.

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17 May 2023 | Open Access

A systematic investigation of the relationship between properties of bulk foam and foam in porous media
- Abdulrauf R. Adebayo
- , Suaibu O. Badmus
- & Rahul S. Babu
Scientific Reports 13, 8058
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11 March 2023 | Open Access

The collective burst mechanism of angular jumps in liquid water

The collective nature of reorientational dynamics in water remains poorly understood. Here, the authors show that large angular fluctuations require a highly cooperative dynamics involving correlated motion of many water molecules in the hydrogen-bond network that form spatially connected clusters.
- Adu Offei-Danso
- , Uriel N. Morzan
- & Asja Jelic
Nature Communications 14, 1345
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08 March 2023 | Open Access

A micro-vibration-driven direct ink write printing method of gallium–indium alloys
- Sheng Lin
- , Long Zhang
- & Liang Cong
Scientific Reports 13, 3914
Research | 08 March 2023

Population-based heteropolymer design to mimic protein mixtures

Information from natural protein libraries was extracted and used to design heteropolymer ensembles as mixtures of disordered, partially folded and folded proteins, providing valuable guiding principles to synthetically realize protein properties.
- Zhiyuan Ruan
- , Shuni Li
- & Ting Xu
Nature 615, 251-258
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25 February 2023 | Open Access

Softness of hydrated salt crystals under deliquescence

Crystalline solids are commonly associated with their hard and faceted nature. Here, the authors report the transition from hard to soft and deformable, observed in the gradual dissolution of salt crystals that harbor water in their crystalline framework.
- Rozeline Wijnhorst
- , Menno Demmenie
- & Noushine Shahidzadeh
Nature Communications 14, 1090
Research | 23 February 2023

Enhanced singular jet formation in oil-coated bubble bursting

A bursting bubble produces a jet drop previously estimated to be too large to contribute to aerosolization. Oil-coated bubbles produce fast and thin jets, which break up into much smaller drops with potential implications for airborne transmission.
- Zhengyu Yang
- , Bingqiang Ji
- & Jie Feng
Nature Physics, 1-7

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Comments & Opinion | 03 November 2022

Colourful liquid metals

Liquid metals are promising multifunctional materials, but their single-colour physical appearance limits their applicability. There are several methods to endow liquid metals with colour and fluorescence, and although breakthroughs have been made in controlling their optical and interfacial properties, more work is needed to refine the synthetic strategies, better understand the coloration effects and enable the applications of colourful liquid metals.
- Liangfei Duan
- , Tong Zhou
- & Qingju Liu
Nature Reviews Materials 7, 929-931
News & Views | 08 August 2022

Liquid drop crystals
- Elizaveta Dubrovina
Nature Physics 18, 854
News & Views | 28 February 2022

Towards accurate predictions of NMR chemical shifts in liquid solutions

A fully automated, high-throughput computational framework accurately predicts stable species in liquid solutions by computing the nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shifts. Data collected from the framework can provide fingerprints to guide the rational design of liquid solutions with optimal properties.

Nature Computational Science 2, 146-147
Research Highlights | 06 January 2021

Making waves without inertia

A paper in Communications Physics reports that cornstarch suspensions flowing down slopes form ripples like water does — but via a completely different mechanism, which involves their unusual rheology.
- Zoe Budrikis
Nature Reviews Physics 3, 74
Research Highlights | 13 August 2020

How to microwave your tea (but using a kettle is better)

A paper in AIP Advances reports on heating liquids in a microwave and proposes a solution for more uniform temperature distribution.
- Ankita Anirban
Nature Reviews Physics 2, 462
News & Views | 26 March 2018

Multilevel robustness

A combination of hard, soft and nanoscale organic components results in robust superhydrophobic surfaces that can withstand mechanical abrasion and chemical oxidation, and exhibit excellent substrate adhesion.
- Henri-Louis Girard
- , Sami Khan
- & Kripa K. Varanasi
Nature Materials 17, 298-300