Cooperative Evaporation in Ordered Arrays of Volatile Droplets

C. Schäfle; C. Bechinger; B. Rinn; C. David; P. Leiderer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5302

Cooperative Evaporation in Ordered Arrays of Volatile Droplets

C. Schäfle, C. Bechinger, B. Rinn, C. David, and P. Leiderer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5302 – Published 20 December 1999

Abstract

We study the evaporation behavior of regular arrays of volatile droplets on a solid substrate. We observe that under certain conditions the droplets do not evaporate independently of each other but in a cooperative manner. This results in the development of a superlattice which is explained in terms of matter exchange between adjacent droplets.

Received 23 April 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5302

Authors & Affiliations

C. Schäfle¹, C. Bechinger¹, B. Rinn¹, C. David², and P. Leiderer¹

¹Fakultät für Physik, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
²Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland