Evaporation controlled particle patterns in a polymer droplet

Chongfeng Zhang, Pinar Akcora

RSC Advances · 2017 · 10 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

The unusual formation of particle stripes is observed in evaporating polymer drops containing mixtures of microspheres and nanoparticles. Concentric rings are obtained when capillary shear and Marangoni flows are balanced at low evaporation rates.

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