The Inverse Leidenfrost Effect

Droplets levitate on a bath of liquid nitrogen and are spontaneously selfpropelled. Thanks Audible Start a 30day trial and your first audiobook is free. Go to or text VERITASIUM to 500500. Special thanks to Dr. Anaïs Gauthier Physics of Fluids: Selfpropulsion of inverse Leidenfrost drops on a cryogenic bath Anaïs Gauthier, Christian Diddens, Rémi Proville, Detlef Lohse, and Devaraj van der Meer PNAS January 22, 2019 116 (4) 11741179; published ahead of print January 22, 2019 For a detailed description of the setup: And selfpropulsion is also seen: Other recent (hot) Leidenfrost experiments that might be interesting: Leidenfrost wheels: Leidenfrost maze: Leidenfrost explosions: Special thanks to Patreon supporters: Donal Botkin, James M Nicholson, Michael Krugman, Nathan Hansen, Ron Neal, Stan Presolski, Terrance Shepherd Thanks to Prof. Kevin McKeegan at UCLA for the liquid nitrogen Filming by Raquel Nuno Additional animations by Alan Chamberlain