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Sedimentation and drying dissipative structures of colloidal silica (1.2 μm in diameter) suspensions in a glass dish and a polystyrene dish

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Sedimentation and drying dissipative structural patterns formed in the course of drying colloidal silica spheres (1.2 μm in diameter) in aqueous suspension have been studied in a glass dish and a polystyrene dish. The broad ring patterns are formed within a short time in suspension state by the convection flow of water and colloidal spheres. The broad ring patterns are not formed when a dish is covered with a cap, which demonstrates the important role of the convectional flow of silica spheres and water accompanied with the evaporation of water on the air-suspension interface. The sedimentary spheres always move by the convectional flow of water, and the broad ring patterns became sharp with time. Broad ring and microscopic fine structures are formed in the solidification processes on the bases of the convectional and sedimentation patterns. Drying patterns of the colloidal suspensions containing sodium chloride are star-like ones, which strongly supports the synchronous cooperative interactions between the salt and colloidal spheres.

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Financial support from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan is gratefully acknowledged for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Germ Area (17655046), “Direct observation of sedimentation dissipative structure of polymer colloidal suspensions”. The silica sphere sample, CS1000A was a gift from Catalyst & Chemical Ind. (Tokyo), to whom the author appreciates very much. Professor Akira Tsuchida of Gifu University is thanked for his help of the author’s experiments.

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  1. Institute for Colloidal Organization, Hatoyama 3-1-112, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0012, Japan

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  2. Cooperative Research Center, Yamagata University, Johnan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, 992-8510, Japan

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Okubo, T. Sedimentation and drying dissipative structures of colloidal silica (1.2 μm in diameter) suspensions in a glass dish and a polystyrene dish. Colloid Polym Sci 284, 1395–1401 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-006-1509-4

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