Fascinating pattern formation by quasi-static crack growth in thin films has received
increasing interest in both interdisciplinary science and engineering applications. The paper …

Drying complex fluids is a common phenomenon where a liquid phase transforms into a
dense or porous solid. This transformation involves several physical processes, such as the …

Bringing together basic ideas, classical theories, recent experimental and theoretical
aspects, this book explains desiccation cracks from simple, easily-comprehensible cases to …

In this paper, we report a study on the drying process of whole human blood drops on glass
substrates. It was shown previously (Brutin et al., 2011) that some diseases can change the …

Polygonal desiccation crack patterns are commonly observed in natural systems. Despite
their quotidian nature, it is unclear whether similar crack patterns which span orders of …

The evaporation of a gold nanorod (Au-NR) dispersion droplet, containing residual
surfactant, on a hydrophilic silicon substrate results in a coffee stain with different …

We study the crack patterns developed on desiccating films of suspensions of three different
clays—bentonite, halloysite nanoclay and laponite on a glass substrate. Varying the …

A densely packed colloidal suspension, called a paste, is known to remember the direction
of its motion because of its plasticity. Because the memory in the paste determines the …

The effect of surface wettability on the dynamics of crack formation and their characteristics
are examined during the drying of aqueous colloidal droplets (1 μL volume) containing …

When a colloidal gel dries through evaporation, cracks are usually formed, which often
reveal underlying processes at work during desiccation. Desiccating colloid droplets of a few …