Segregation in desiccated sessile drops of biological fluids
arXiv:cond-mat/0606261 · doi:10.1140/epje/e2007-00037-6
Abstract
It is shown here that concurrence between advection and diffusion in a drying sessile drop of a biological fluid can produce spatial redistribution of albumen and salt. The result gives an explanation for the patterns observed in the dried drops of the biological fluids.
6 pages, 3 figures; submitted to European Physical Journal E