Thin films in partial wetting: internal selection of contact-line dynamics

When a liquid touches a solid surface, it spreads to minimize the system's energy. The classic thin-film model describes the spreading as an interplay between gravity, capillarity and viscous forces, but cannot see an end to this process as it does not account for the nonhydrodynamic liquid--so...

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Main Authors: Alizadeh Pahlavan, Amir, Cueto-Felgueroso, Luis, McKinley, Gareth H., Juanes, Ruben
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97738
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