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SUBMITTER: Wodlei F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5827038 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wodlei F F Sebilleau J J Magnaudet J J Pimienta V V
Nature communications 20180226 1
Drop motility at liquid surfaces is attracting growing interest because of its potential applications in microfluidics and artificial cell design. Here we report the unique highly ordered pattern that sets in when a millimeter-size drop of dichloromethane spreads on an aqueous substrate under the influence of surface tension, both phases containing a surfactant. Evaporation induces a Marangoni flow that forces the development of a marked rim at the periphery of the spreading film. At some point ...[more]