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Mysterious case of an evaporating binary drop

Pim J. Dekker, Christian Diddens, and Detlef Lohse*

  • Physics of Fluids Group, Department of Science and Technology, Max Planck Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics and J. M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

  • *Also at Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Am Fassberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Phys. Rev. Fluids 10, 110508 – Published 20 November, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/7x22-wmmw

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This paper is associated with a video winner of a 2024 American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Milton van Dyke Award for work presented at the DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion. The original video is available online at the Gallery of Fluid Motion, https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2024.GFM.V2685343

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 10, 110508– Published 20 November, 2025
  • Received 31 May 2025
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