2026 / Metrology & trials

Visible light leaves evaporation and interfacial structure of neat water unchanged at the air–water interface

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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What this source contributes.

Flat neat water showed no detectable evaporation enhancement under the tested visible illumination. No detected change; main text reports approximately 4.8% relative slope detection limit. Limit: Not proof of zero effect or a universal statement about porous media; SI/raw-data audit remains outstanding.

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selected main text. Selected Macroscopic evaporation results, Fig. 2 description and evaporation Methods; supporting interfacial discussion. No raw-data reanalysis. Supplement download returned challenge HTML, not a PDF. Raw data and independent preparations not audited. Review date: 2026-10-13. AI-assisted source check; not independent replication.

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