  Solvent evaporation in soft matter solutions (solutions of colloidal
particles, polymers and their mixtures) is an important process in material
making and in printing and coating industries. The solvent evaporation process
determines the structure of the materials, and strongly affects their
performance. Solvent evaporation involves many physico-chemical processes:
flow, diffusion, crystallization, gelation, glass transition, etc., and is
quite complex. In this article, we report recent progresses in this important
process, with a special focus on theoretical and simulation studies.
