Evaporation of a Droplet: From physics to applications

D Zang, S Tarafdar, YY Tarasevich, MD Choudhury… - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Evaporation of a drop, though a simple everyday observation, provides a fascinating subject
for study. Various issues interact here, such as dynamics of the contact line, evaporation …

Process-directed self-assembly of copolymers: Results of and challenges for simulation studies

M Müller - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Process-directed self-assembly refers to processes that reproducibly trap the kinetics of
structure formation that ensues after a sudden change (“quench”) of the thermodynamic …

Droplet drying patterns on solid substrates: from hydrophilic to superhydrophobic contact to levitating drops

S Tarafdar, YY Tarasevich… - … in Condensed Matter …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This review is devoted to the simple process of drying a multicomponent droplet of a
complex fluid which may contain salt or other inclusions. These processes provide a …

Formation of glassy skins in drying polymer solutions: approximate analytical solutions

L Talini, F Lequeux - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the formation of a glassy skin at the air interface of drying polymer solutions. We
introduce a simple approximation, which is valid for most diffusion problems, and which …

Fiber spinning from polymer solutions

RH Colby - Journal of Rheology, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The thinning of a cylinder of a polymer solution in a volatile solvent is argued to be
controlled by solvent diffusion through a dense polymer layer at the cylinder surface. This …

Sustainable fully printed UV sensors on cork using zinc oxide/ethylcellulose inks

J Figueira, C Gaspar, JT Carvalho, J Loureiro… - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Low-cost and large-scale production techniques for flexible electronics have evolved greatly
in recent years, having great impact in applications such as wearable technology and the …

Fast evaporation enabled ultrathin polymer coatings on nanoporous substrates for highly permeable membranes

X Shi, L Wang, N Yan, Z Wang, L Guo, M Steinhart… - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Thin polymer coatings covering on porous substrates are a common composite structure
required in numerous applications, including membrane separation, and there is a strong …

A simple model for the hygroscopy of sulfuric acid

KB Kiradjiev, V Nikolakis, IM Griffiths… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sulfuric acid is a highly hygroscopic substance, increasing its volume by absorbing water
from a high relative-humidity environment. In this paper, we present a mathematical model …

An experimental and theoretical study of the structural ordering of the PTB7 polymer at a mesoscopic scale

P Urbánek, I Kuřitka, J Ševčík, J Toušková, J Toušek… - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
Our extensive study based on optoelectronic and electric measurements (which consisted
of: UV–Vis absorption, photoluminescence, surface photovoltage measurement, charge …

Monomer diffusion into static and evolving polymer networks during frontal photopolymerisation

MG Hennessy, A Vitale, OK Matar, JT Cabral - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Frontal photopolymerisation (FPP) is a directional solidification process that converts
monomer-rich liquid into crosslinked polymer solid by light exposure and finds applications …