Figure 5
From: Chemical vs. mechanical microstructure evolution in drying colloid and polymer coatings
Distribution of neighbours in contact, Ncontact, of SiO2 during drying. The samples were prepared at ϕ0 = 0.05 and (a) wPEO = 0.05 at pH 7.5, (b) wPEO = 0.10 at pH 7.5, (c) wPEO = 0.05 at pH 2.5, and (d) wPEO = 0.10 at pH 2.5. Probability of number of Ncontact is indicated in a colour bar.
