Table Of ContentAdvances in Colloid Science
Edited by Mohammed Muzibur Rahman
and Abdullah Mohamed Asiri
Advances in Colloid Science
Edited by Mohammed Muzibur Rahman and Abdullah Mohamed Asiri
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Preface
Chapter 1 Wetting and Drying of Colloidal Droplets: Physics and
Pattern Formation
by Ruoyang Chen, Liyuan Zhang, Duyang Zang and Wei Shen
Chapter 2 Advances in Design and Self-Assembly of
Functionalized LB Films and Supramolecular Gels
by Tifeng Jiao, Ruirui Xing, Kai Ma and Lexin Zhang
Chapter 3 Mechanism of Aggregation Colloid Centers on Surface
Ionic Crystals
by Utkirjon Sharopov, Bakhtiyar Atabaev, Ruzmat Djabbarganov and
Muzaffar Qurbanov
Chapter 4 Colloidal Photonic Crystals Containing Copper-Oxide
and Silver Nanoparticles with Tunable Structural Colors
by Chun-Feng Lai
Chapter 5 Adsorption of Ions at the Interface of Clay Minerals
and Aqueous Solutions
by Zengqiang Jia, Qian Wang, Chang Zhu and Gang Yang
Chapter 6 Manganese Sulfide (MnS) Nanocrystals: Synthesis,
Properties, and Applications
by Anna M. Ferretti, Sara Mondini and Alessandro Ponti
Chapter 7 Optical Excitations of Colloidal Core/Shell
Semiconductor Quantum Dots
by Tiberius O. Cheche
Chapter 8 Colloidal Behaviors of Conducting Polymer/Chitosan
Composite Particles
by Mehmet Çabuk
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Chapter 9 Colloids: Applications in Sperm Preparation for Assisted
Reproduction
by Jane Morrell
Chapter 10 Colloidal Aggregation Coupled with Sedimentation: A
Comprehensive Overview
by Agustín E. González
Chapter 11 Assembly of Nanoparticles into “Colloidal Molecules”:
Toward Complex and yet Defined Colloids with Exiting Perspectives
by Claudia Simone Plüisch and Alexander Wittemann
Chapter 12 Pretransitional Behavior and Dynamics in Liquid
Crystal–Based Nanocolloids
by Sylwester J. Rzoska, Szymon Starzonek and Aleksandra Drozd-
Rzoska
Preface
This book Advances in Colloid Science covers a number of up-to-date
research advancement and progresses on colloids. It is a promising
novel research field that has acknowledged a lot of interest recently.
Here, the exciting scientific reports on cutting edge of science and
technology associated to facile and economical synthesis, self-
assembly, wettability, liquid crystallinity, physical properties,
adoptions, morphology, control, drug design, structural properties,
and prospective biological and optical implementation of newly
designed colloids are concluded. This book presents an overview of
recent and current colloidal study of fundamental and significant
applications and implementation research worldwide. The colloidal
science offers significant new and exciting challenges in biomedical,
chemical, physical, and technological field. It is an important booklet
for research organizations, governmental research centers, academic
libraries, and R&D affianced in recent research and advancement of
colloids.
Chapter 1
Provisionalchapter
Wetting and Drying of Colloidal Droplets: Physics and
PWaetttetirnng Faonrmd Datriyoinng of Colloidal Droplets:
Physics and Pattern Formation
Ruoyang Chen, Liyuan Zhang, Duyang Zang and
RuoyangChen,LiyuanZhang,
Wei Shen
DuyangZangandWeiShen
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Abstract
Whenacolloidaldropletisdepositedonasolidsubstrateatambientcondition,itwill
experiencetheprocessesofwettinganddryingspontaneously.Theseostensiblysimple
and ubiquitous processes involve numerous physics: droplet spreading and wetting,
three-phase contact line motion, flow fields inside droplets, and mass transportation
withindropletsduringdrying.Meanwhile,thecontinuousevaporationofliquidpro-
ducesinter-and/orintra-molecularinteractionsamongsuspendedmaterialsandbuilds
uptheinternalstresswithindroplets.Afterdrying,interestingandcomplexdesiccation
patternsforminthedrieddroplets.Thesedesiccationpatternsarebelievedtohavewide
applications,e.g.,medicaldiagnosis.However,manypotentialapplicationsarelimited
bythecurrentunderstandingofwettinganddryingofcolloidaldroplets.Thischapter
focusesonthecomplexphysicsassociatedwiththeseprocessesandthepatternforma-
tioninthedriedcolloidaldroplets.Moreover,potentialapplicationsofthesedesiccation
patterns and prospective works of wetting and drying of the colloidal droplets are
outlinedinthischapter.
Keywords: colloidaldroplets,wettingdynamicsandstatics,three-phasecontactline
motion,flowfield,masstransport,desiccationpatterns
1.Introduction
Theformationofcomplexpatternsduringwettinganddryingofcolloidaldropletsiscommonly
observedphenomenoninourdailylife,whichisalsoinvolvedinnumerousresearchandindus-
trialfields,e.g.,inkjetprinting,spraycoating,andmedicalpractice.Therearevariousinteresting
patternsformedbythedriedcolloidaldroplets,e.g.,crackingpatterns,crystalpatterns,ring-stain
