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Dewetting rates of thin liquid films

A Münch1

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We investigate the dewetting rates of thin liquid films using a lubrication model that describes the dewetting process of polymer melts on hydrophobized substrates. We study the effect of different boundary conditions at the liquid/solid interface, in particular, of the no-slip and the Navier slip boundary condition, and compare our numerical solutions for the no-slip and the slip-dominated cases to available results that originate from scaling arguments, simplified flow assumptions and energy balances. We furthermore consider these issues for an extended lubrication model that includes nonlinear curvature.


PACS

68.15.+e Liquid thin films

68.08.Bc Wetting

61.25.H- Macromolecular and polymers solutions; polymer melts

Subjects

Soft matter, liquids and polymers

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Dates

Issue 9 (9 March 2005)

Received 24 November 2004

Published 18 February 2005



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