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Quasi-logarithmic spacing law in dewetting patterns from the drying meniscus of a polymer solution (1208.4461v1)
Published 22 Aug 2012 in physics.chem-ph, cond-mat.soft, and physics.flu-dyn
Abstract: We report on a periodic precipitation pattern emerged from a drying meniscus via evaporation of a polystyrene solution in a Petri dish. It appeared a quasi-logarithmic spacing relation in the pattern as a result of stick-slip motion of the contact line towards the wall. A model based on the dynamics of the evaporating meniscus is proposed.