title: Theory of the cooperative evaporation of volatile droplets.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Picardie, 33 rue Saint-Leu, 80000 Amiens, France. pierre.toledano@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tolédano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mettout
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aroyo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Perez Mato