Thin liquid polymer films rupture via defects

Langmuir

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 965-969

  Jacobs, Karin ^a   Herminghaus, Stephan ^a   Mecke, Klaus R ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

DEWETTING STRUCTURE; MINKOWSKI FUNCTIONALS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0032001505     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la970954b     Document Type: Article

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