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In Situ Arsenic Speciation Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy And The Coffee Ring Effect, Valery Liamtsau
In Situ Arsenic Speciation Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy And The Coffee Ring Effect, Valery Liamtsau
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The coffee ring effect (CRE) phenomenon is originated from the nonuniform solvent evaporation of a sessile droplet deposited onto the flat substrate. Once the evaporation starts, the droplet suspended particles move outwards by the radial flow and concentrate in the edge region of the evaporating droplet, resulting in the formation of the so-called CRE stains. In this work we have expanded the applications of the CRE from separation of particles and macromolecules to small molecules, in particular, coupled to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Herein, we have developed a theoretical framework to describe the CRE-driven separation process of small molecules, using …