Effect of temperature on ring-shaped-deposit formated at evaporation of droplets of silver-nanoparticle dispersions

Abstract

The effect of temperature is studied on the geometric parameters and conductivity of ring-shaped deposits formed at evaporation of droplets of dispersions of silver nanoparticles on hydrophilic (glass) and hydrophobic (copper) substrates. It has been shown that increasing temperature leads to substantial changes in the deposit profile. Therewith, the effects of temperature on droplet evaporation on glass and copper substrates are different. It has been found that the lateral conductivity of a ring-shaped deposit formed on a glass substrate increases stepwise similarly to a percolation transition at a droplet-evaporation temperature of 58°C. It has been suggested that the reason for the temperature effect is related to a change in the ratio between the rates of physicochemical processes occurring at different stages of droplet evaporation.