Cross-interaction drives stratification in drying film of binary colloidal mixtures
arXiv:1702.03182 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.108002
Abstract
When a liquid film of colloidal solution consisting of particles of different sizes is dried on a substrate, the colloids often stratify, where smaller colloids are laid upon larger colloids. This phenomenon is counter intuitive because larger colloids which have smaller diffusion constant are expected to remain near the surface during the drying process, leaving the layer of larger colloids on top of smaller colloids. Here we show that the phenomenon is caused by the interaction between the colloids, and can be explained by the diffusion model which accounts for the interaction between the colloids. By studying the evolution equation both numerically and analytically, we derive the condition at which the stratified structures are obtained.
arXiv comment5 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
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