Nature Communications (May 2017)

Deposition and drying dynamics of liquid crystal droplets

  • Zoey S. Davidson,
  • Yongyang Huang,
  • Adam Gross,
  • Angel Martinez,
  • Tim Still,
  • Chao Zhou,
  • Peter J. Collings,
  • Randall D. Kamien,
  • A. G. Yodh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15642
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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When particle-laden drops evaporate, coffee ring patterns form which can affect particle deposition. Here Davidsonet al. show that unlike previously investigated drops, the flows in drying drops of liquid crystals are driven by an increase in surface tension due to liquid crystal concentration.