Spinodal Dewetting in Liquid Crystal and Liquid Metal Films

Autor:	Jörg Bischof, Stefan Schlagowski, Klaus Mecke, Andreas Fery, Stephan Herminghaus, Karin Jacobs, Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Liquid metal Spinodal Multidisciplinary Chemistry Spinodal decomposition Chemical physics Surface wave Liquid crystal Mineralogy Wetting Dewetting Instability
Zdroj:	Science. 282:916-919
ISSN:	1095-9203 0036-8075
DOI:	10.1126/science.282.5390.916
Popis:	Theory predicts that dewetting of a homogeneous liquid film from a solid surface may proceed via unstable surface waves on the liquid. This phenomenon, usually termed spinodal dewetting, has been sought after in many systems. Observations in liquid crystal and liquid metal films showed that, as expected, the emerging structures were similar to those found for spinodal decomposition in mixtures. Certain differences, however, could be attributed to peculiarities of the wetting forces in these two dissimilar systems, thereby demonstrating the role of nonlinearities inherent in the wetting forces.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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