Controlling evaporative patterning transitions
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 19:00
in Physics & Chemistry
The primary mechanism behind evaporative patterning has long been known: water evaporates faster at the edges of drops, which gives rise to a fluid flow carrying dissolved substances all the way to the edges. There, aggregates form, leading to residual patterns. But how does the transition between different patterning occur? Can we control patterning by altering the dynamics?