title: Dynamical model for the formation of patterned deposits at receding contact lines.
abstract: We describe the formation of deposition patterns that are observed in many different experiments where a three-phase contact line of a volatile nanoparticle suspension or polymer solution recedes. A dynamical model based on a long-wave approximation predicts the deposition of irregular and regular line patterns due to self-organized pinning-depinning cycles corresponding to a stick-slip motion of the contact line. We analyze how the line pattern properties depend on the evaporation rate and solute concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Lubor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frastia
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Thiele