The Leidenforst effect is found in the 18th Century, where a liquid is placed on a surface significantly hotter than its boiling point, but the it takes long to become fully vapour due to a foam of vapour beneath.

• Fig 1: The same of liquid droplets.
• Fig 2: The relationship of lifetime of a droplet and the temperature.
• Fig 3: A reverse Leidenfrost effect, where a hot solid ball is dropped in the liquid.
• Fig 4: Shape prediction of Leidenfrost droplet.
• Fig 5: The bouncing of large Leidenfrost droplet.
• Fig 6: The fast dropping of the object.
• Fig 7: Linke’s device, where the droplet can move forward by itself due to the Leidenfrost effect.
• Fig 8: A maze of droplet made out of Leidenfrost effect where droplet can move itself through the designed paths.

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