Quasi-logarithmic spacing law in dewetting patterns from the drying meniscus of a polymer solution
Chemical Physics
2015-06-11 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
We report on a periodic precipitation pattern emerged from a drying meniscus via evaporation of a polystyrene solution in a Petri dish. It appeared a quasi-logarithmic spacing relation in the pattern as a result of stick-slip motion of the contact line towards the wall. A model based on the dynamics of the evaporating meniscus is proposed.
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@article{arxiv.1208.4461,
title = {Quasi-logarithmic spacing law in dewetting patterns from the drying meniscus of a polymer solution},
author = {Yong-Jun Chen and Kosuke Suzuki and Hitoshi Mahara and Tomohiko Yamaguchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.4461},
year = {2015}
}