Liquid Marbles: Liquid Shaping Based on Liquid Pancakes (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2/2018)

Water in milliliter order forms a pancake shape on a superhydrophobic surface. Subjecting such a pancake to interfacial jamming of nanoparticles allows a segmenting manipulation on the pancake. Based on this mechanism, liquid can be shaped into various shapes such as rings, characters and channels, which are characterized with accurate profile, large size, and high transparency. This is reported by Xiaoguang Li and co-workers in article number 1701139.