Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2003-12-08
Ph.D. dissertation (University of Chicago, Dept. of Physics, 2003)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
v1: 94 pages, 40 figures, LaTeX; Ph.D. thesis; v2: typos corrected, one illustration improved, other minor stylistic changes
Scientific paper
The theory of solute transfer and deposit growth in evaporating sessile drops on a plane substrate is presented. The main ideas and the principal equations are formulated. The problem is solved analytically for two important geometries: round drops (drops with circular boundary) and pointed drops (drops with angular boundary). The surface shape, the evaporation rate, the flow field, and the mass of the solute deposited at the drop perimeter are obtained as functions of the drying time and the drop geometry. In addition, a model accounting for the spatial extent of the deposit arising from the non-zero volume of the solute particles is solved for round drops. The geometrical characteristics of the deposition patterns as functions of the drying time, the drop geometry, and the initial concentration of the solute are found analytically for small initial concentrations of solute and numerically for arbitrary initial concentrations of solute. The universality of the theoretical results is emphasized, and comparison to the experimental data is made.
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