中島研究室の研究がInternational Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Scienceの表紙に掲載されました！
誰の身の周りにでもある衛生陶器上の水垢形成のメカニズムに関する論文です．
Coffee-ring-effect-induced water scale formation of silicic acid-containing droplet
S. Hayashi, T. Kobayashi, N. Saito, and K. Nakashima
Two mechanisms combine to form water scale in daily life: silica polymerization into spheres followed by agglomeration and deposition of the spheres by the coffee‐ring effect. Credit: https://doi.org/10.1002/ces2.10059