Effect of Surfactant on the Drying Patterns of Graphite
Nanofluid Droplets
Alexandru Crivoi
Fei Duan
10.1021/jp401751z.s002
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/media/Effect_of_Surfactant_on_the_Drying_Patterns_of_Graphite_Nanofluid_Droplets/2414596
We
investigate the effect of surfactant on the formation of nanoparticle
aggregates that resulted from evaporation of sessile nanofluid droplets
theoretically and experimentally. A Monte Carlo model is developed
to explain the transition from the coffee-ring pattern to the uniform
deposition in drying the pinned sessile nanofluid droplets. The model
applies the diffusion limited cluster–cluster aggregation approach
coupled with the biased random walk of nanoparticles. The experiments
show that the addition of surfactant in nanofluids helps the formation
of a coffee ring instead of the uniform domain coverage. The simulations
suggest an explanation of this transition by controlling the sticking
probability parameter between the particles. The simulated results
statistically agree with the experimental observation of the finally
dried graphite nanoparticle structures from the pinned nanofluid droplets.
2013-05-16 00:00:00
sessile nanofluid droplets
coffee ring
graphite nanoparticle structures
Monte Carlo model
experiments show
surfactant
uniform domain coverage
nanoparticle aggregates
nanofluid droplets
Drying Patterns
transition
Graphite Nanofluid DropletsWe
uniform deposition
formation
probability parameter