Sequence of two wetting transitions induced by tuning the hamaker constant

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3992-3995

  Shahidzadeh, Noushine ^a   Bonn, Daniel ^a   Ragil, Karine ^b   Broseta, Daniel ^b   Meunier, Jacques ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

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EID: 0000206450     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3992     Document Type: Article

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