2005/05/26 by Christophe Poulard, Geoffroy Guéna, Poulard, Christophe +7
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #FOS: Physical sciences #Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0505651
openalex publication_date 2005/05/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The dynamics of evaporation of wetting droplets has been investigated experimentally in an extended range of drop sizes, in order to provide trends relevant for a theoretical analysis. A model is proposed, which generalises Tanner's law, allowing us to smooth out the singularities both in dissipation and in evaporative flux at the moving contact line. A qualitative agreement is obtained, which represents a first step towards the solution of a very old, complex problem.