| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 44, Number 4, November II 1998
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 484 - 490 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1998-00498-4 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
van der Waals stable thin liquid films: Correlated undulations and ultimate dewetting
1
Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
2
Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben Gurion University in the Negev, 84105 Be'er Sheva, Israel
3
Exxon Research and Engineering Company - Annandale, NJ 08801, USA
Received:
31
March
1998
Accepted:
5
October
1998
The evolution of pre-rupture undulations at the liquid-air interface of thin non-wetting liquid films spread on a solid substrate was monitored in real time by non-perturbative interference microscopy. The spatial distribution of the incipient undulations is non-random and characterized by a typical wavelength, as predicted for van der Waals unstable films, despite the fact that the system is expected to be vdW-stable, and that ultimate dewetting of films appears to take place via a heterogeneous nucleation mechanism.
PACS: 68.45.Gd – Wetting / 68.15.+e – Liquid thin films / 82.65.Dp – Thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces
© EDP Sciences, 1998
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