BU Fluid Lab

Boston University's Fluid Lab: Uncovering Interfacial Dynamics | PI: James Bird

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

[1/7] How do microplastics and pathogens floating in water create ultra-contaminated aerosols? We tackle this question in our latest paper, out now in @PhysRevLett! (Thread)

https://t.co/IRZm5GrLmO

[Oliver McRae @OliverMcRae]

I'm excited to share our latest research, featured on the front cover of February's "Biotechnology and Bioengineering"! 🧵

Article: https://t.co/BTRXfQTciq
PDF (free): https://t.co/imrIebqfen

[Hosein Foroutan @hforout]

Join our invited presenters @BU_FluidLab and @charbelEharb and submit an abstract to session A015, Aquatic Aerosols @AGU #AGU23 https://t.co/SsMBhJPCid w/ @SciHannah @pdemott1 & Ernie Lewis

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

Our latest paper uncovers a hidden role of salinity on submicron aerosol formation. These tiny aerosols released by bursting ocean bubbles are key to cloud formation & atmospheric processes. Out now in JGR: Atmospheres!

Paper link ⬇️

https://t.co/WHh5OYhvRu

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

Thank you to @BU_Tweets The Brink for the excellent coverage of our recent paper on jet drop enrichment and explaining the science behind it!

https://t.co/lufs9xQGVS

[Oliver McRae @OliverMcRae]

Thanks @PhysicsToday for highlighting our work!💧

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

How do bubbles thin before popping? Our latest study @NatureComms has revealed an unexpected behavior of large viscous bubbles - their film thickness is highly non-uniform throughout drainage. #OpenAccess link below!

https://t.co/4y284O54If

[Matar Fluids Group @MatarLab]

Check out this great work on bursting #bubbles to create #aerosols with #contaminants by the Bird Group @BU_FluidLab

@LenaDubitsky @OliverMcRae

Featured in @PhysRevLett & @PhysicsMagazine

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

[8/7] Adding one more video of a bubble popping on here because we couldn’t decide on a favorite 😁

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

[1/7] How do microplastics and pathogens floating in water create ultra-contaminated aerosols? We tackle this question in our latest paper, out now in @PhysRevLett! (Thread)

https://t.co/IRZm5GrLmO

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

[7/7] With this new theory, we can better model how pollutants get transported from oceans into the atmosphere, or what drop size might contain the most pathogens. This information helps us take steps to mitigate negative impacts on public health and the environment.

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

Thrilled to have our work highlighted in @PhysicsMagazine!

[Physics Magazine @PhysicsMagazine]

Air bubbles bursting at the ocean’s surface create sea spray that spreads particles, including pollutants, into the atmosphere. Now experiments from @BU_FluidLab reveal exactly what determines whether one of these particles becomes airborne. https://t.co/bGv4zrOnxl

[Physical Review Letters @PhysRevLett]

Ruptured air bubbles in a colloidal water solution act like particle scavengers and remove both small and large particles by ejecting them in small water droplets at the tips of broken water jets
Letter: https://t.co/CywNOTcT16
Focus: https://t.co/BColVPWfLO

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

Doctoral students Garam (@_GaramLee) and Lena (@LenaDubitsky) demonstrate how to rock a research poster for their Science Communication class! @BuMechE

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

Amazing to get to work with the creative team @NatureNV to put together this piece on an incredible study. @avklopper and @nikinks, I learned so much about keeping science clear through the collaboration! #SciComm

[Nature News & Views @NatureNV]

This engineered surface can be cooled rapidly by spray that is cleverly separated from the steam produced by vaporizing droplets. Learn more in this excellent N&V by James C. Bird @BU_FluidLab.
(For subscribers)
https://t.co/LSVcIwbwmy

[BU Fluid Lab @BU_FluidLab]

A creative approach to efficiently cool ultra-hot surfaces coupled with elegant mechanistic modeling. Wonderful work by @Zuankai and co.
#FluidDynamics

[nature @Nature]

A paper in Nature describes how to structure a solid surface to inhibit the Leidenfrost effect even at temperatures over 1000°C. This could form the basis of a cooling strategy for high-temperature solids https://t.co/3wSJe0xfHb