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Generic Morphologies of Viscoelastic Dewetting Fronts

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: A simple model is put forward which accounts for the occurrence of certain generic dewetting morphologies in thin liquid coatings. It demonstrates that, by taking into account the elastic properties of the coating, a morphological phase diagram may be derived which describes the observed structures of dewetting fronts. It is demonstrated that dewetting morphologies may also serve to determine nanoscale rheological properties of liquids.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.056101

Authors: Stephan Herminghaus, Ralf Seemann, Karin Jacobs

Institution: Universität Ulm

Language: English

Topic: Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films

Subfield: Computational Mechanics

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2047436534

FWCI: 8.777

Cites: 22

Cited by: 61

Related to: 10