Basic science in evaporating droplets
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 07:33
in Physics & Chemistry
What happens if you slowly evaporate a droplet containing dissolved particles? The question sounds simple, but it involves a surprising amount of basic physics and mathematics. Hanneke Gelderblom of the University of Twente devoted a full four years of research to this problem, looking into a variety of aspects including the physics behind coffee stains. "I found this study to be particularly interesting because of the combination of theory and experimentation." Gelderblom will defend her doctoral dissertation on 19 April.