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What happens when the #LeidenForce team gets together in Liège?

Discover the highlights of our Autumn Meeting, 3 days of scientific exchange, shared ideas and collaboration.

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#LeidenfrostEffect #Research #HorizonEurope #MSCA
Autumn Meeting: LeidenForce Takes Stock of Its Scientific Progress
From 13 to 15 October, LeidenForce researchers gathered in Liège, Belgium, for their Autumn Meeting. Three days of scientific presentations, workshops and informal exchanges provided an opportunity to...
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November 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Is oil a better candidate than ethanol for the Leidenfrost effect?

State your hypothesis, and your reasoning, before swiping. We would like to read it in the comments before the carousel settles it.

#LeidenForce #Leidenfrost #FluidDynamics #Physics #Quiz
Fake or fact: Oil is a better candidate than ethanol for observing the Leidenfrost effect FALSE A Leidenfrost droplet doesn't rest on a hot surface: it floats on its own vapor, which must be produced continuously and fast enough to carry its weight. Ethanol (boiling point ~78 °C) vaporizes readily, so the vapor cushion appears at moderate surface temperatures. Oils are far less volatile and boil at much higher temperatures: the surface must be considerably hotter before the cushion can form.
November 4, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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📅 Our research project will be represented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of #FluidDynamics, taking place November 22–24 in Orlando, USA.

Looking forward to the scientific exchanges!

More info:
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#FluidMechanics #PhaseChange #LeidenfrostEffect
LeidenForce agenda announcing participation in the 79th APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting, taking place November 22–24, 2026, in Orlando, USA.
October 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Scientific #collaboration takes many forms, including a little collective levitation!

A lighter moment with the #LeidenForce team during our #ScientificMeeting at @universitedeliege.bsky.social.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making these days such a success!

#Leidenfrost #HorizonEU
Group photo of the participants at the LeidenForce scientific meeting, Liège. Participants of the LeidenForce scientific meeting jumping for a group photo, several of them in mid-air.
October 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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#ResearchData matter when they’re findable, understandable & reusable.

At #LeidenForce, Lyne from RISE @universitedeliege.bsky.social led a workshop to strengthen our #DataManagement Plan and bring #FAIR principles into PhD research.

Thank you, Lyne!

#OpenScience #HorizonEU #ScientificMeeting
Lyne from the RISE team leading the Data Management Plan workshop with the doctoral researchers of the LeidenForce scientific meeting. Doctoral researchers of the LeidenForce project following the Data Management Plan workshop and taking notes during the scientific meeting.
October 22, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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#LabTour at #PtYX @universitedeliege.bsky.social: seeing where and how experiments are conducted puts research approaches in context and opens the way to collaboration across institutions.

#LeidenForce #ScientificMeeting #Leidenfrost
#HorizonEurope
Participants of the LeidenForce scientific meeting visiting the PtYX laboratory at the Université de Liège, Sart Tilman campus.
October 21, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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Not every scientific exchange happens in a lab...

The #LeidenForce team hiked to Domaine de Bérinzenne for a barbecue and a guided walk on #groundwater with the CRIE de Spa.

A day of nature, learning and #teambuilding!

#WaterCycle #Collaboration #HorizonEurope #MSCA
PhD students who took part in the LeidenForce scientific meeting during a walk in the woods near Spa, on their way to the Domaine de Berinzenne. Participants of the LeidenForce scientific meeting gathered around the barbecue at the Domaine de Berinzenne. In the photo, you can see Stéphane, the coordinator, and a PhD student, Pablo. A nature guide from the CRIE de Spa leading the participants of the LeidenForce scientific meeting on a walk about groundwater in the forest near Spa.
October 20, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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At the LeidenForce scientific meeting, Bernard & Marilou from Rise and our Horizon Europe contact spoke to our PhD researchers about careers #BeyondThePhD, #postdoc funding and EU project administration.

Thanks to them.

#CareerDevelopment #ResearchFunding
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Bernard and Marilou from the RISE team standing outdoors during the LeidenForce scientific meeting Doctoral researchers and principal investigators attending a workshop led by Bernard from RISE during the LeidenForce scientific meeting. Fabrizio, LeidenForce’s Horizon Europe contact, who joined the scientific meeting online to discuss postdoctoral career opportunities and answer doctoral researchers’ administrative questions.
October 19, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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✨ One day to go before the #LeidenForce #ScientificMeeting

3 days of #LeidenfrostEffect research with:
▪️PhD students’ latest results
▪️Workshops with @universitedeliege.bsky.social RISE
▪️A field session on the groundwater of Spa

📷 A. Mukherjee @universiteuppa.bsky.social

#HorizonEU #DataManagement
Experimental photograph by Arghya (UPPA - LFCR Lab): a Leidenfrost droplet levitating above a hot surface, with a vapour chimney forming through it.
October 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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📅 From Oct. 26–30, we'll be attending the Journées de la Matière Condensée #JMC2026, one of the major French conferences in #CondensedMatterPhysics.

More info: www.LeidenForce.eu/Conferences

#Research #PhDLife #Physics #PhaseChange
LeidenForce - On our agenda. JMC 2026 - Journées de la matière condensée. October 26-30, 2026 Toulouse (France) Université de Toulouse Société française de Physique Heading to Toulouse to explore new perspectives on phase transitions and interfacial phenomena.
October 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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How does the #LeidenfrostEffect work on an immersed wire?

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New experimental footage by PhD student Lorena V. García, at Institut Lumière Matière, UnivLyon1 as part of the #LeidenForce Doctoral Network (MSCA, #HorizonEurope).

#Physics #FluidDynamics #HighSpeedVideo
Leidenfrost on a wire
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September 24, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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🎥 After the video on #NavierStokes we recently shared, Quanta Magazine revisits the debate: an OpenAI #AI system claims to have solved a variant of the finite-time "blow-up" problem.
Useful reminder: #turbulence itself remains largely misunderstood.

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Why Navier-Stokes Pushes Math and Physics to the Edge
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September 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Inside #LeidenForce - Summer 2026
On the road • LeidenBeauty • Fluid inspirations

Several of our PhDs presented across 3 countries, from #Leidenfrost droplets in Italy to electrostatics in Florida.

Here’s your summer dose of LeidenForce: shorturl.at/hse2j

#PhD #FluidDynamics #HorizonEU #MSCA
Tomas Cerda presenting his research poster “Electric Charge on Leidenfrost Droplets”
September 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Can a droplet move uphill on its own?

The answer isn't a simple yes or no...

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Fake or fact: The Leidenfrost effect can make a droplet climb a slope. FACT (partly). On a surface with an asymmetric microtexture (tiny sawtooth-like ridges) heated above the Leidenfrost point, the vapor flow beneath the droplet can generate a small propulsive force strong enough to push it uphill on a slight incline. It only works within a narrow window: too steep a slope, and gravity wins.
September 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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🎥 Episode 2 of our doctoral series: an interview with Gauri Patki (PtYX @universitedeliege.bsky.social @laboratoire-iemn.bsky.social @univlille.bsky.social @cnrs.fr) on #Leidenfrost jets.
Her vision of #research, her path & a bold bridge toward #microRobotics.

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#HorizonEU #PhD
LeidenForce Portraits - Meet Gauri Patki
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September 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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🔬 At the 13th #CMiF #SummerSchool, Cheikh, Gauri and Lorena presented their research on the #Leidenfrost effect and, more importantly, put their results in front of researchers outside the project.

One of the most useful exercises in a PhD.

#LeidenForce #DTU
Cheikh gives an oral presentation during a summer school. Part of a slide is visible behind him, showing a part of a graph. Gauri Patki presents her poster during the CMiF poster session. She stands beside her poster and discusses her research with the people attending the session. Lorena Victoria-García gives an oral presentation to the audience during the CMiF summer school.
August 24, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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In July, Maxim de Wildt attended the #CISM course Fluid Flows On, In, and of Curved Geometries (Udine), exploring #FluidDynamics relevant to #Leidenfrost phenomena.

He also presented his research on Leidenfrost droplets, ambient humidity and drop circulation.

#HorizonEurope @utwente.bsky.social
Participants in the CISM course Fluid Flows On, In, and of Curved Geometries pose for a group photo in Udine, Italy. Maxim presents his research on Leidenfrost droplets. A slide behind him reads “Leidenfrost Droplet: the role of ambient humidity and drop circulation” and displays the logos of the University of Twente, Physics of Fluids and LeidenForce.
August 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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In June, Tomas Cerda represented LeidenForce at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the #Electrostatics Society of America in Cocoa Beach, Florida, presenting his work on electric charge on #Leidenfrost droplets.

More summer stories to come!

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#ESA2026 #NASA #HorizonEU @istaresearch.bsky.social
Tomas Cerda stands beside his research poster, “Electric charge on Leidenfrost droplets,” discussing his work with another participant at the ESA Annual Meeting. The poster displays the logos of ISTA, LeidenForce, Waitukaitis SEML and the European Union.
August 13, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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At #CISM Advanced Course #TwoPhaseFlow and #PhaseChange, Arghya had the opportunity to discuss with researchers from different institutions, including Prof. Matteo Bucci from MIT.

International #ScientificNetworks are key drivers of research progress.

#MSCA #LeidenForce #HeatTransfer
Participants of the CISM Advanced Course pose together in the courtyard of the conference venue in Udine. Arghya stands with Professor Matteo Bucci (MIT) during the CISM Advanced Course in Udine.
July 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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First #PosterPresentation for Arghya within #LeidenForce!

Sharing research, discussing results and receiving feedback from the scientific community are essential steps in a PhD journey.

Scientific exchange is at the heart of doctoral training.

#PhDLife #MSCA #PhaseChange #HorizonEurope #CISM
Arghya presents his research during the poster session, standing beside a projected version of his poster while discussing his work with attendees.
July 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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What connects the #Leidenfrost effect, boiling and industrial #HeatTransfer?

Arghya, #LeidenForce PhD student, explored these questions during the #CISM Advanced Course #TwoPhaseFlow and Phase-Change: experiments, simulations and modeling in Udine.

#MSCA
Participants attend a lecture in an ornate conference room during the CISM Advanced Course, with a speaker presenting at the front of the room.
July 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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🔬 What happened inside LeidenForce in June?
Experimental setups, summer events, PhD stories, scientific watch and more.

Explore our monthly recap ⬇️
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#LeidenForce #ResearchLife #PhDLife #FluidDynamics #ScientificWatch #LeidenfrostEffect #HorizonEurope #MSCA
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Inside #LeidenForce — June 2026 Summer events • Experiments • PhD stories As temperatures rise, so does our fascination with the #LeidenfrostEffect. ☀️ Before the summer break, some of us are attend...
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July 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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💡Ever wondered what happens before a scientific paper is published?

Discover the role of public deliverables in #HorizonEurope and explore the first LeidenForce documents.

🔗 www.leidenforce.eu//horizon-europe-public-deliverables-news

#FluidDynamics #Milestones #Leidenfrost #OpenScience #Research
Explore new Public Deliverables on the Leidenfrost effect
What happens inside a Horizon Europe-funded project before scientific papers are published? Discover how public deliverables reveal the project's progress, methods and key milestones and explore the f...
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July 2, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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Is honey a good candidate for the Leidenfrost effect?

LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?

In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!

Surprised by the result? 👇

#LeidenfrostEffect #ScienceFact #Honey #Bubbles #Viscosity
Is honey a good candidate for the Leidenfrost effect? FALSE (partly). Honey can exhibit a Leidenfrost-like behavior, but its high viscosity and sugar content limit droplet mobility. On a hot surface, it heats unevenly and forms bubbles rather than a stable vapor layer, making the Leidenfrost effect weak, rare, and short-lived.
June 25, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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🔬 What happened inside LeidenForce in May?

Experimental setups, science communication, PhD stories, scientific watch and more.

Explore our monthly recap ⬇️
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#LeidenForce #ResearchLife #PhDLife #FluidDynamics #ScientificWatch #LeidenfrostEffect #HorizonEurope #MSCA
A photo of a PhD student working on his experimental setup invites you to read the May update on the LeidenForce project
June 15, 2026 at 7:42 AM