Inside LeidenForce: One Year of European Research on the Leidenfrost Effect – Interview with Coordinator Stéphane Dorbolo For the past year, the Horizon Europe-funded consortium LeidenForce has been studying the Leidenfrost effect with the goal of understanding and ultimately controlling it. To mark LeidenForce’s first a...

One year already since #LeidenForce began its experiments on the Leidenfrost effect!
@marca-be.bsky.social, project coordinator at @universitedeliege.bsky.social, shares insights on the key steps in launching a #ResearchProject.

🔗 www.leidenforce.eu/stephane-dorbolo-interview

#HorizonEU #PhD #MSCA

#LeidenForce 1-year, we celebrate our DCs
▶️Meet the #TrueForce: urls.fr/PkBeF6

@ulbruxelles.bsky.social @utwente.bsky.social @istaresearch.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social @univlille.bsky.social @ntnu-iss.bsky.social
@universiteuppa.bsky.social @espciparispsl.bsky.social
#MSCA #HorizonEu

Can the Leidenfrost effect be switched off using an electric field? A droplet on a very hot surface can levitate on its own vapor cushion: the Leidenfrost effect, as spectacular as it is puzzling. But could we learn to control it? Could an electric field locally switc...

On #WomenInScience day, we welcome Lorena Victoria García to #LeidenForce.
Her PhD explores if an electric field can locally switch off the #LeidenfrostEffect.
Supervised by AL Biance at Univ. Lyon 1, with a secondment at CRM Group (Belgium).

🔗 www.leidenforce.eu/welcomeLorena

#PhD #Research #STEM

Beneath the Vapor, Into Science: Highlights from the LeidenForce Winter School 2026 A droplet placed on a scorching surface might seem doomed to vanish instantly. Yet under certain conditions, it does the opposite: it levitates on its own vapor layer, moves with surprising mobility, and reveals a physics both elegant and complex. This is the essence of the Leidenfrost effect, spectacular, but crucial for many industrial processes, from cooling to cryogenic storage. Centered on this phenomenon, the LeidenForce Winter School 2026... Read more

📌 To (re)live the #LeidenForce #WinterSchool 2026 → www.LeidenForce.eu/postwinterschool2026

📷 @ntnu-iss.bsky.social @utwente.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social @ulbruxelles.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @istaresearch.bsky.social @espciparispsl.bsky.social

#FluidDynamics #HorizonEU #PhD #Research

Bowling results

Bowling results

🎳 Bowling break at the #LeidenForce Winter School! PhD students, postdocs, speakers & the team had fun. 💡 Can you guess the participants behind these team names… or spot the winners? Hint: they’re pairs! 🏆

#LeidenForce #WinterSchool #Leidenfrost #TeamSpirit #LabLife #ScienceFun

David during his lecture

Alexis during his lecture

Alexis during his lecture

David during his lecture

Day 4 – last lectures at #LeidenForce Winter School: David Paulovics @utwente.bsky.social on impinging #Leidenfrost jets, Alexis Duchesne @univlille.bsky.social on levitated liquid tori & star-shaped drops. Experiments & curiosity!

#DropletPhysics #FluidMechanics #PhysicsExperiments #LabLife

Tomas during his talk

Aymeric during his talk

Senthil during his talk

Day 4 #LeidenForce Winter School: Tomas Cerda (soon @istaresearch.bsky.social – SEML), Aymeric Allemand (postdoc) & Senthil Kumar Parimalanathan from @ulbruxelles.bsky.social TIPS Lab, shared their latest work on droplets & interfaces.

#Leidenfrost #PhDLife #PostdocLife #FluidMechanics

Pablo during his talk

Mélanie during her talk

Cheikh during his talk

Tristan during his talk

PhD talks at #LeidenForce Winter School (D2–3):
A. Tambe - Univ. of Waterloo), G. Patki @universitedeliege.bsky.social & @univlille.bsky.social, PG Gonzalez & M. Bulois @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, CT Dioum (Univ. of Liège), T. Simon @cnrs.fr Saint-Gobain

#Leidenfrost #PhDLife #FluidMechanics

Resort Bad Boekelo under the snow

Resort Bad Boekelo under the snow

Day 4 and final day of the #LeidenForce Winter School starts under the snow ❄️ Resort Bad Boekelo turned into a winter postcard.

#WinterSchool #SnowDay #ResearchLife

Christian during his lecture

Christian during his lecture

Benoit during his lecture

Benoit during his lecture

Day 3 #LeidenForce Winter School afternoon:
🔸Benoît Scheid @ulbruxelles.bsky.social > antibubbles & heat/mass transfer toward encapsulated Leidenfrost droplets
🔸Christian Diddens @utwente.bsky.social > sharp-interface finite element simulations for #Leidenfrost droplets
#MultiphaseFlows #Physics

Maria during her lecture

Maria during her lecture

Jacco during his lecture

Jacco during his lecture

Day 3 #LeidenForce Winter School morning:
Maria Fernandino @ntnu-iss.bsky.social on modeling approaches for evaporation & the Navier–Stokes–Korteweg framework.
Jacco Snoeijer @utwente.bsky.social on lubrication, Landau–Levich theory & #Leidenfrost physics.

#MultiphaseFlows #SoftMatter #CFD

Slide from Benjamin's presentation at the LeidenForce Winter School

Slide from Benjamin's presentation at the LeidenForce Winter School

Slide from Benjamin's presentation at the LeidenForce Winter School

Day 2 #LeidenForce Winter School @utwente.bsky.social :
Benjamin Sobac (@cnrs.fr – UPPA, LFCR) on Leidenfrost drops—> shape & levitation, dynamics, take-off vs explosion, and substrate effects.

#Leidenfrost #DropletPhysics #FluidDynamics

Dominique during his talk at LeidenForce Winter school

Dominique during his talk at LeidenForce Winter school

Dominique during his talk at LeidenForce Winter school

Day 2 #LeidenForce Winter School @utwente.bsky.social : Dominique Legendre (IMFT) on numerical modeling of moving contact lines, linking microscopic mechanisms to macroscopic spreading laws via CFD (VoF).

🔗 www.leidenforce.eu/partners

#Leidenfrost #DropletPhysics #CFD #NumericalSimulation

Detlef during his talk at LeidenForce Winter school

Detlef during his talk at LeidenForce Winter school

Day 2 #LeidenForce Winter School
Lecture by Detlef Lohse @utwente.bsky.social on the dynamics of drops and Leidenfrost drops, highlighting the richness and complexity of droplet impacts.
➡️ www.leidenforce.eu/partners

#LeidenfrostEffect #FluidDynamics #DropImpact #Research

Stéphane is presenting a race between Leidenfrost droplets at various temperatures

Stéphane is presenting a Leidenfrost experiment with a red balloon

Stéphane is presenting the LeidenForce Work Packages

Day 2 #LeidenForce #WinterSchool

Opening lecture by @marca-be.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social on the consortium & WP.
History, #Leidenfrost mechanisms, and original experiments including a Leidenfrost droplet race.

🔗To learn more: www.leidenforce.eu/partners

#FluidDynamics #Research

David during his talk at LeidenForce Winter school

David during his talk at LeidenForce Winter school

Detlef during his talk at LeidenForce Winter school

Day 1 recap at #LeidenForce Winter School:
David Quéré @espciparispsl.bsky.social : overview of Leidenfrost regimes and phenomena.
Detlef Lohse @utwente.bsky.social : Leidenfrost impacts, jet formation, impact phases & key parameters.
#Leidenfrost #WinterSchool #FluidDynamics #DropletImpact #Physics

Gauri, Cheick & Christelle at Open Science Day 2025

At the #OpenScienceDay 2025 at @universitedeliege.bsky.social last week with part of the #Leidenforce team.

A day to reflect together on what openness, transparency and sharing actually change for research.

Lots of ideas to bring back to the office!
#OpenScience

Vahid Taheri, new DC at LeidenForce

How do droplets move on heated, textured surfaces?

Vahid Taheri (DC#5) joins #LeidenForce to study surface microstructures & Leidenfrost temperature.
With M. Fernandino @ntnu-iss.bsky.social , @airbus.com & @univlille.bsky.social

🔗Read more: shorturl.at/bNu4x

#HeatTransfer #PhD #SmartSurfaces

▶️ New video! Watch a Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a pure water Leidenfrost droplet in full detail, simulated with #pyoomph. Footage recorded by Maxim de Wildt (DC#9, #LeidenForce) at @utwente.bsky.social

🎥 youtu.be/weRZxJhZ6K0?...

#LeidenfrostEffect #FluidDynamics #HorizonEU

Congratulations to Scott Waitukaitis @istaresearch.bsky.social for this well-deserved recognition 👏
We’re proud to have his collaboration within the LeidenForce project.
👉 Meet the team: www.leidenforce.eu/partners

#leidenforce #softmatter #HorizonEurope #ResearchCollaboration #MSCA

Lunch in Liege with part of the LeidenForce team

🇧🇪 #LeidenForce team spirit mixing scientific discussions, new encounters, iconic boulets-frites… and a few stolen fries ;)
📷 @marca-be.bsky.social @crokybe.bsky.social Gauri Patki, Cheikh Tidiane DIOUM @universitedeliege.bsky.social & Alexis Duchesne @fst-ulille.bsky.social
#Teamwork #BelgianStyle

Arghya Mukherjee, new DC at LeidenForce

How do droplets behave on liquid surfaces heated beyond boiling?
Arghya Mukherjee (DC#8) joins #LeidenForce to study this little-known phenomenon.
With B. Sobac @universiteuppa.bsky.social & @marca-be.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social
www.LeidenForce.eu/welcomearghyanews
#FluidPhysics #PhD

Picture of Pablo Gil Gonzàlez, new DC at LeidenForce

Welcome Pablo Gil González, new DC at #LeidenForce!
Research @ulbruxelles.bsky.social with Pierre Colinet + secondments @espciparispsl.bsky.social, @ntnu-iss.bsky.social, @universitedeliege.bsky.social, @utwente.bsky.social
🔗Read more: www.leidenforce.eu/welcomepablonews
#PhD #Research #VaporFilm

Picture of Mélanie Bulois, new DC in the LeidenForce project

Welcome Mélanie Bulois DC#10 to #LeidenForce!
She’ll explore the #LeidenfrostEffect in multiphase #microfluidics, where droplets levitate & evaporate in tiny channels.
Research @ulbruxelles.bsky.social with Benoit Scheid + secondment @universiteuppa.bsky.social
🔗 www.leidenforce.eu/welcomemelan...

LAB CHRONICLE #19
-Weekly Report-

I found an old coffee cup behind the hotplate.
→ A bit acidic. But stable.

#LabCoffee #ThermodynamicStability #PhaseTransition #SurvivalOfTheCup #LeidenForce

New video on our #LeidenForce channel: Droplet Impact in the Leidenfrost State.
Experiment at @universitedeliege.bsky.social by @marca-be.bsky.social & Cheikh Tidiane DIOUM, part of LeidenForce
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ftt...
#FluidDynamics #Droplets #LeidenfrostEffect #HorizonEurope

Picture of the material to prepare the pre-conference school at ULiege, a LeidenForce event.

📦 4 days to go. Things are gearing up at @universitedeliege.bsky.social !
Get ready to push back the frontiers of the #PhysicsOfDroplets
We’re getting our hands dirty — to bring you an extraordinary experience.
👉 Just a little more patience. It’s on its way.
#PreConfSchool25 #Event #LeidenForce #PhD

TEASER PRE-CONFERENCE SCHOOL Open your mind to the physics of droplets #PreConfSchool25 LEIDENFORCE

Physics of droplets is about to take the stage. One day. Dozens of minds. Infinite ideas.
Check out the program in the comments.
#PreConfSchool25 #LeidenForce #Physics #Droplets #SummerSchool

Protecting joy in research is just as important as the research itself. A reminder we all need. #PhDLife #Leidenforce

🎓 A PhD is more than a scientific challenge — it’s a human one
This @nature.com article by Rory Lambe reminds us to protect the joy in research.
At #Leidenforce, 10 PhDs explore the #LeidenfrostEffect in a science culture built on support & balance.
#PhDLife #PositiveScience #EUResearch #TeamScience