Our work on nanosuspension drops is out! JCIS.@ELSchemistry. Nanoparticles do not influence droplet break-up, spreading, or splashing. Hamza Iqbal.@RafaelCastrejon.@MeteAbbot.@nanoPaInt1.@oxengsci.@uclmecheng

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This is Alva's first first-author paper, and they cap the paper off with beautiful images of very strongly chiral droplets, which develop a colourful fingerprint texture in both the experiments and simulations!.Thanks to @oxengsci, @royalsociety, @EPSRC and John Fell Fund Oxford!

The mechanism behind this was identified using advanced numerical simulations in collaboration with Julia Yeomans @OxfordPhysics, showing that randomness in the initial quench of the nematic droplet during the printing process can lead to different outcomes.

Curiously, there is a critical threshold of chirality at which nodes develop in the centre of the droplets - the number of nodes varies at random from drop to drop, even though the printing parameters and mixture used are the same in every drop.

We start off with achiral and weakly chiral droplets, which show a pinwheel-like structure, twisting as more chiral dopant is added (left to right in this image).

How does the interplay between chirality in liquid crystals and the shape of inkjet printed droplets affect the structures that form within them? We answer this in a paper in @softmatter by @alvacjorr with X.Qiu, @FluidsTom, @waqaskamal16, and @alfonsoacp

RT @SciReports: Drop impact onto immiscible liquid films floating on pools @OxfordFluids @rcimpeanu @alfonsoacp .

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RT @SciReports: Drop impact onto immiscible liquid films floating on pools @OxfordFluids @rcimpeanu @alfonsoacp .

Fresh off the press! Led by @Mengmeng_mml on printing liquid crystals for optical vortex beam generators. Adv. Opt. Mater. @MansfieldOxford @oxengsci

In this work, we explore how the impact of a drop onto a pool is modified by the presence of a floating layer of an immiscible liquid. In these movies we show a drop of water impacting a layer of silicone oil floating on a pool of water: experiments and simulations agree well!

Ben Fudge's latest paper published today! A very nice piece of research, combining high-res simulations and high-speed imaging @oxengsci @wadhamoxford with @rcimpeanu @alfonsoacp

This paper represents the culmination of hard work developing an EHD DoD device to create micron-sized liquid crystal drops for optoelectronic applications. Well done @WaqasKamal16 for leading the research!!

RT @MMCLabOx: Remarkable blue phosphor from ultra-thin nanosheets & printable! - Read latest research by.@d_a_sherman @WaqasKamal16 @Oxford….

Delighted to see the artwork of our manuscript in Langmuir made it into the cover of the latest issue! Vol. 40 No. 17 - ACS Publications .Drops, splashing, and surfactants! @alfonsoacp @RafaelCastrejon @FluidsTom @MQuetzeri @nonutv @wadhamoxford @oxengsci.

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