Kinetically engendered subspinodal length scales in spontaneous dewetting of thin liquid films

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Aug;90(2):020401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.020401. Epub 2014 Aug 25.

Abstract

Numerical simulations reveal emergence of subspinodal length scales in spontaneous dewetting of nonslipping unstable thin liquid films on homogeneous substrates if the liquid viscosity decreases with decrease in film thickness.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation*
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions*
  • Kinetics
  • Viscosity