The Strength of Long-Range Forces across Thin Liquid Films

Numerical Study of a Lifshitz-Slyozov-like Metastable Dewetting Model

“…Here a typical dewetting pattern looks like a set of circular holes in a liquid sheet. On the contrary, a typical hole in a thin film is quite noncircular and even tortuous [23,24]. This circumstance (noncircularity of holes in thin films and the subsequent interaction of the neighbor holes across their longer rims) is a key argument toward validity of using one-dimensional simulation of growth of a single hole in ∼10 −8 m thin films in Ref.…”

“…Experiments on measuring the evolution of the distribution of holes by sizes have been performed for thin (thickness smaller than 10 −6 m; spinodal regime of dewetting) films [8,23,24]. However, we are not aware of the same kind of experiments performed for thick (thickness larger than 10 −5 m; metastable regime of dewetting) films.…”

Control of Spatial Periodicities of Dewetting Structures of Oleo-Liquid Films

“…ting structure have been extensively studied (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). Here, we have investigated the dewetting of oleo-liquid film containing octyl p-methoxycinnamate and octylsilyl titanium dioxide particle having average diameter of 35 nm on glass surface.…”

“…The dewetting of thin polymer film on solid substrate by treating with water has been investigated (12)(13)(14)(15)(16). However, adjusting the viscosity of polymer and the interfacial tension between polymer and water to appropriate value for controlling the characteristic length of the dewetting pattern is relatively difficult.…”

Mean-field description of spinodal growth of surface waves on rupturing films

“…It is well established that liquid films that are unstable rupture either by the spinodal mechanism [1][2][3][4][5][6] or the nucleation mechanism [7][8][9][10][11][12]. In the spinodal mechanism, the film surface roughens spontaneously by the steady growth of surface capillary waves that eventually causes permanent inhomogeneity (i.e., holes) in the film.…”