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It is shown here that concurrence between advection and diffusion in a drying sessile drop of a biological fluid can produce spatial redistribution of albumen and salt. The result gives an explanation for the patterns observed in the dried drops of the biological fluids.
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Tarasevich, Y., Pravoslavnova, D. Segregation in desiccated sessile drops of biological fluids. Eur. Phys. J. E 22, 311–314 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/e2007-00037-6
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