This drop sits on a super-hydrophobic surface that is unable to become wet because its affinity to water is less than what water has for itself. Therefore, water forms small, easily movable drops on the surface rather than a single puddle. While these surfaces have been used to keep cities free from graffiti, the Oleschuk group鈥檚 research involves using these surfaces in creative ways, such as the determination of beer鈥檚 alcohol content or to provide a platform that uniquely manipulates drops using magnets to miniaturize analytical chemical methods.
Submission Year:
2016-17
Photographer's affiliation:
Graduate student
Academic areas:
Arts and Science
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs
Photo:
Categories:
Grad student
Faculty of Arts and Science
Department of Chemistry
School of Graduate Studies
Materials Discovery and Molecular Design
Location of photograph:
Chernoff Hall, Queen's University
Prize name:
Photographer's name:
Timothy Hutama
Display Photographers Affiltion + Faculty or Department:
Graduate Student, Chemistry