Intriguing features of the interface between water and oil droplets uncovered

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00976-6

Innovative experimental and computational techniques have been developed to study the interface of oil droplets suspended in water, a model system of hydrophobic interaction. These techniques reveal greater water structural disorder than in bulk water and an intense electric field at the water–oil interface.