The formation of patterns after the evaporation of colloidal droplets deposited on a solid surface is an everyday natural phenomenon. During the past two decades, this topic has gained broader audience due to its numerous applications in biomedicine, nanotechnology, printing, coating, etc. This paper presents a detailed review of the experimental studies related to the formation of various deposition patterns from dried droplets of complex fluids (i.e., nanofluids, polymers). First, this review presents the fundamentals of sessile droplet evaporation including evaporation modes and internal flow fields. Then, the most observed dried patterns are presented and the mechanisms behind them are discussed. The review ends with the categorisation and exhaustive investigation of a wide range of factors affecting pattern formation.
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J Exp Biol
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Grupo de Ecología Fisiológica y del Comportamiento. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC). CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Int J Womens Health
January 2025
Division of Breast Surgery, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
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January 2025
Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Objective: The C-reactive protein/Lymphocyte Ratio (CLR) is a novel biomarker whose role in the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between CLR and the prevalence of CKD.
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