OpenDrop

OpenDrop v3.3 is here, and available for free download!

This new version now works on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

OpenDrop is a fully-featured image analysis software for performing pendant drop tensiometry and contact angle measurements. Images can be loaded from the file system or acquired directly from USB webcams or GenICam (GigE Vision, USB3 Vision) compliant industrial cameras. It is released under the GNU GPL open source license, and available for free.

OpenDrop was developed by a team in Melbourne, Victoria, currently working at he University of Melbourne (Department of Chemical Engineering) and Monash University (School of Chemistry). The code authors/maintainers are Dr Joe Berry and A/Prof Rico Tabor.

OpenDrop can be downloaded from our GitHub repository with installation instructions and manual available here.

If you use this software in your research, please cite the following journal articles:

J. D. Berry, M. J. Neeson, R. R. Dagastine, D. Y. C. Chan and R. F. Tabor, Measurement of surface and interfacial tension using pendant drop tensiometry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 454 (2015) 226–237, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2015.05.012

E. Huang, A. Skoufis , T. Denning, J. Qi, R.R. Dagastine , R.F. Tabor , and J.D. Berry, (2021). OpenDrop: Open-source software for pendant drop tensiometry & contact angle measurements, Journal of Open Source Software, 6(58), 2604, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02604

These citations help us not only to understand who is using and developing OpenDrop, and for what purpose, but also to justify continued development of this code and other open source resources.

For assistance, to submit bug reports, change requests or new versions, please raise an issue on the github repository here.

If you'd prefer, you can directly email the development team: opendrop.dev@gmail.com