Dynamics for Dense Packing of Colloids

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Colloidal packing by evaporation is a process that particles are packed by Stokes’ forces. As particles are far from each other, interactions among them are too weak to be taken into account and it’s the Stokes’ force on free particles that is in charge of packing. However, when they are close to some extent, the force is countered by particle interactions. Here, with the aid of force balance model, we demonstrate that the further packing is achieved by all drag forces of particles in the upstream.

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