“…In the case of organic media, the first drying stage is very short. 31 At the beginning of the first drying stage, particles approach each other, the viscosity of fluid phase is low enough to allow particles rearrangement avoiding internal stresses, and the shrinkage occurs perpendicularly to the casting plane and hence balancing the solvent loss. However, as the evaporation proceeds, the liquid phase becomes enriched in polymeric binder, increasing viscosity and changing fluid motion within particle-particle pores, modifying evaporation rate.…”