Dynamical contact line pinning and zipping during carbon nanotube coffee stain formation

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6417-6424

  Li, Han ^a   Hain, Tilman C ^a   Muzha, Andreas ^a   Schóppler, Friedrich ^a   Hertel, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; coffee stain effect; contact line dynamics; evaporation induced self assembly; pinning; thin films

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DEPOSITION; DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; FILM GROWTH; METALLIC FILMS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS;

COFFEE STAINS; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CONTACT LINE PINNING; CONTACT-LINE DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION-INDUCED SELF-ASSEMBLY; FILM DEPOSITION RATES; PINNING; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84903451223     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn501957y     Document Type: Article

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