Wednesday, April 4, 2012

1204.0118 (Moutushi Dutta Choudhury et al.)

Pattern Formation in a Drying Drop of Starch Gel with Sodium Chloride    [PDF]

Moutushi Dutta Choudhury, Sayanee Jana, Sruti Dutta, Sujata Tarafdar
A drop of aqueous potato starch gel with a certain mole fraction of NaCl, when dried on a glass slide, exhibits strong segregation and intricate pattern formation phenomena. The salt forms radial dendritic crystalline aggregates near the centre, with the starch separating out in the form of a transparent band at the periphery. Photographs and micrographs show a series of concentric rings with different texture.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0118

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