When thin films of colloidal fluids are dried, a range of transitions are observed and the final
film profile is found to depend on the processes that occur during the drying step. This article …

For a wide range of applications, films are deposited from colloidal particles suspended in a
volatile liquid. There is burgeoning interest in stratifying colloidal particles into separate …

In simulations and experiments, we study the drying of films containing mixtures of large and
small colloidal particles in water. During drying, the mixture stratifies into a layer of the larger …

A colloidal particle placed in an inhomogeneous solution of smaller nonadsorbing polymers
will move towards regions of lower polymer concentration in order to reduce the free energy …

Stratification in binary colloidal mixtures was investigated using implicit-solvent molecular
dynamics simulations. For large particle size ratios and film Péclet numbers greater than …

The mechanism by which the particles in a drying film come into close packing during
solvent evaporation has an important role to play in the final film morphology. During drying …

In films cast from a colloidal dispersion comprising two particle sizes, we experimentally
examine the distribution of particles normal to the substrate. The particle concentrations at …

The drying of a multi-component dispersion, such as water-based paint, ink and sunscreen
to form a solid film, is a widespread process. Binary colloidal suspensions have proven …

We study the formation of a glassy skin at the air interface of drying polymer solutions. We
introduce a simple approximation, which is valid for most diffusion problems, and which …

I model the drying of a liquid film containing small and big colloid particles. Fortini et
al.[Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 118301 (2016)] studied these films with both computer simulation …