title: Evaporation-driven assembly of colloidal particles.
abstract: Colloidal particles absorbed at the interface of a liquid droplet arrange into unique packings during slow evaporation [V.N. Manoharan et al., Science 301, 483 (2003)]. We present a numerical and theoretical analysis of the packing selection problem. The selection of a unique packing arises almost entirely from geometrical constraints during the drying.
authors.affiliation: Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lauga
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids