Evaporative self-assembly in colloidal droplets: Emergence of ordered structures from complex fluids

W Li, C Zhang, Y Wang - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Colloidal droplet evaporation is an intriguing and intricate phenomenon that has captured
the interest of scientists across diverse disciplines, including physical chemistry, fluid …

Ultrafast self-assembly of colloidal photonic crystals during low-pressure-assisted evaporation of droplets

C Zhang, W Li, Y Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
After evaporation of a sessile colloidal droplet, the coffee stain always emerges with
disordered structures. This may be unfavorable for many applications, such as droplet …

Correlating the drying kinetics and dried morphologies of aqueous colloidal gold droplets of different particle concentrations

AW Zaibudeen, R Bandyopadhyay - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Combined effects of nanoparticle size, and nanoparticle and surfactant concentrations on the evaporative kinetics, dried morphologies, and plasmonic property of gold …

AW Zaibudeen, R Bandyopadhyay - Nanotechnology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding the combined influence of various parameters on the formation and
morphologies of distinct solute deposit patterns obtained after droplet drying is essential for …

Formation and development of distinct deposit patterns by drying polyelectrolyte-stabilized colloidal droplets at different surfactant concentrations

AW Zaibudeen, R Bandyopadhyay - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding and controlling the formation of various deposit patterns such as coffee
stains, multiple ring-like morphologies, and uniform deposition are essential for developing …