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Lubor Frastia1, Andrew J Archer, Uwe Thiele
1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
We describe the formation of deposition patterns that are observed in many different experiments where a three-phase contact line of a volatile nanoparticle suspension or polymer solution recedes. A dynamical model based on a long-wave approximation predicts the deposition of irregular and regular line patterns due to self-organized pinning-depinning cycles corresponding to a stick-slip motion of the contact line. We analyze how the line pattern properties depend on the evaporation rate and solute concentration.
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