Theory of the cooperative evaporation of volatile droplets.
A theoretical approach to the cooperative process of evaporation of volatile liquid droplet arrays is proposed which combines the equation of the liquid-gas interface with a Landau-type description. The spatial and temporal behaviors of the process are shown to be governed by the spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism of a parent droplet configuration. The applicability of the approach is illustrated by the theoretical description of recent experiments in closed and open systems.
Tolédano
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Department of Physics, University of Picardie, 33 rue Saint-Leu, 80000 Amiens, France. pierre.toledano@wanadoo.fr
Mettout
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Aroyo
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Perez Mato
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