Patterns formed by droplet evaporation from a restricted geometry

Zhiqun Lin, Steve Granick

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Abstract

We show that hundreds of concentric rings, each approximately nanometers high and micrometers wide, form when a drop is allowed to evaporate from a confined geometry, leaving behind a dry, nonvolatile polymer solute. This new preparative strategy offers a simple, versatile, generalizable method to produce patterns of unprecedented high fidelity and regularity, as well as a direction to look to design yet more complex patterns.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2816-2817
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume127
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 9 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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