Early stages of dewetting of microscopically thin polymer films: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 8607-8611

  Liu, Hong ^a   Bhattacharya, Aniket ^b   Chakrabarti, Amitabha ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FILM GROWTH; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; NUCLEATION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; THIN FILMS;

DEWETTING PROCESS; DRY PATCHES; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; KINETICS OF GROWTH; NUCLEATION TIME; SOLID SUBSTRATES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0032533101     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477526     Document Type: Article

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