Water Evaporation on Highly Viscoelastic Polymer Surfaces

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• 作者：Gang Pu ; Steven J. Severtson
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：July 3, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：28
• 期：26
• 页码：10007-10014
• 全文大小：385K
• 年卷期：v.28,no.26(July 3, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

Results are reported for a study on the evaporation of water droplets from a highly viscoelastic acrylic polymer surface. These are contrasted with those collected for the same measurements carried out on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). For PDMS, the evaporation process involves the expected multistep process including constant drop area, constant contact angle, and finally a combination of these steps until the liquid is gone. In contrast, water evaporation from the acrylic polymer shows a constant drop area mode throughout. Furthermore, during the evaporation process, the drop area actually expands on the acrylic polymer. The single mode evaporation process is consistent with formation of wetting structures, which cannot be propagated by the capillary forces. Expansion of the drop area is attributed to the influence of the drop capillary pressure. Furthermore, the rate of drop area expansion is shown to be dependent on the thickness of the polymer film.