Emerging stripe patterns in drying suspension droplets

Bjørnar Sandnes, David Molenaar

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    Abstract

    When a droplet of silica particles suspended in water dries out on a horizontal surface, one can observe an emerging pattern of interconnected stripes of sedimented mass. From experimental observations and numerical simulations we find that the mechanism for the pattern formation is a combination of meniscus shape perturbations caused by pinned particles and a reorganization of the evaporation driven flow.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationTraffic and Granular Flow 2007
    Pages635-639
    Number of pages5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    Event7th International Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow, TGF 2007 - Orsay, France
    Duration: 20 Jun 200722 Jun 2007

    Other

    Other7th International Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow, TGF 2007
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    CityOrsay
    Period20/06/0722/06/07

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