What happens inside a Horizon Europe-funded project before scientific papers are published?
Discover how public deliverables reveal the project's progress, methods and key milestones and explore the first documents released by LeidenForce.
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Long before high-speed imaging and numerical simulations, Georges Sire was already investigating the behavior of liquids on hot surfaces. On the anniversary of his birth, we look back at the work of this 19th-century physicist and his contribution to the early study of the Leidenfrost effect.
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Presenting research in the form of a scientific poster may seem straightforward at first glance. One page, a few figures, a title.
In reality, the exercise is far more demanding. It requires...
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What does a PhD really look like in practice?
True Force Portraits is a new video series introducing LeidenForce researchers through short, authentic interviews. The series opens with PhD student Cheikh Tidiane Dioum, offering a real insight into research life and the PhD journey.
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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 anniversary, we spoke with Stéphane Dorbolo, project coordinator...
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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 switch off the Leidenfrost state?
This is the focus of the doctoral project “Local cancellation of the Leidenfrost effect assisted by an electrical field”, carried out by Lorena Victoria García, the...
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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...
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As the year begins, LeidenForce enters a particularly dynamic phase.
The Winter School 2026, which will take place next week in Bad Boekelo, on the campus of the University of Twente (Netherlands), will bring together researchers, experts, and PhD students for...
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On November 27, 1715, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, a German physician and physicist, was born.
His observations and theoretical work laid the foundation for understanding the phenomenon now known as the Leidenfrost effect. This...
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At what temperature does a liquid stop wetting a heated surface and instead levitate on a film of vapour generated by its own evaporation? This transition, known as the Leidenfrost temperature, is a key...
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A new scientific video is now online, featuring an axisymmetric direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a pure water Leidenfrost droplet, as part of ongoing research within LeidenForce. This simulation is...
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A PhD position (DC9) is still open at ESPCI Paris – PSL on the Leidenfrost effect within the MSCA LeidenForce network.
Apply before November 15, 2025
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