Substrate curvature resulting from the capillary forces of a liquid drop

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 675-681

  Spaepen, Frans ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CAPILLARITY; DROP FORMATION; FREE ENERGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIQUIDS; SOLIDS; STRAIN; STRESSES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CAPILLARY FORCES; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPE; LIQUID DROP; SUBSTRATE CURVATURE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0030147835     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-5096(96)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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