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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American Physical Society
2015
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