Abstract
The dewetting dynamics of ultrathin films containing potentially surface-active nanoparticles is considered in the presence of evaporation. Evolution equations for the film height and particle surface and bulk concentration are derived using a lubrication model coupled by a constitutive relation for the dependence of the viscosity on local particle concentration. A linear stability analysis and numerical simulations are used to determine how particle mass distribution depends on the various physical parameters such as equilibrium film separation distance, initial packing concentration, rate of evaporation, and particle surface activity. Our results show that when starting from an initially uniform distribution the particles become aligned into distinct “bands” in rectilinear geometry, or “rings” in cylindrical geometry. The functional dependence of the pattern spacing on relevant system parameters is studied and detailed herein.
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