1712.00079v1.pdf (848.53 kB)
Dynamical density functional theory for the evaporation of droplets of nanoparticle suspension
journal contribution
posted on 2017-12-15, 13:24 authored by Christopher Chalmers, Roger Smith, Andrew ArcherAndrew ArcherWe develop a lattice gas model for the drying of droplets of a nanoparticle suspension on a planar surface, using dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) to describe the time evolution of the solvent and nanoparticle density profiles. The DDFT assumes a diffusive dynamics but does not include the advective hydrodynamics of the solvent, so the model is relevant to highly viscous or near to equilibrium systems. Nonetheless, we see an equivalent of the coffee-ring stain effect, but in the present model it occurs for thermodynamic rather the fluid-mechanical reasons. The model incorporates the effect of phase separation and vertical density variations within the droplet and the consequence of these on the nanoparticle deposition pattern on the surface. We show how to include the effect of slip or no-slip at the surface and how this is related to the receding contact angle. We also determine how the equilibrium contact angle depends on the microscopic interaction parameters.
History
School
- Science
Department
- Mathematical Sciences
Published in
LangmuirVolume
33Issue
50Pages
14490 - 14501Citation
CHALMERS, C., SMITH, R. and ARCHER, A.J., 2017. Dynamical density functional theory for the evaporation of droplets of nanoparticle suspension. Langmuir, 33(50), pp. 14490-14501.Publisher
© American Chemical SocietyVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2017-11-20Publication date
2017-11-20Notes
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Langmuir, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03096.ISSN
0743-7463eISSN
1520-5827Publisher version
Language
- en