Stability and breakup of thin polar films on coated substrates: Relationship to macroscopic parameters of wetting

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3081-3092

  Khanna, R ^a   Jameel, A T ^a,b   Sharma, Ashutosh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; FLUID DYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STABILITY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

APOLAR FLUID FILMS; FILM BREAKUP; NONWETTABLE SUBSTRATES; POLAR FLUID FILMS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 0030243324     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950775u     Document Type: Article

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