Meniscus instability in a thin elastic film

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 4329-4332

  Ghatak, Animangsu ^a   Chaudhury, Manoj K ^a   Shenoy, Vijay ^b   Sharma, Ashutosh ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CROSSLINKING; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; FILM PREPARATION; GLASS; OLIGOMERS; RIGIDITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ELASTOMERIC FILMS; GLASS PLATE; MENISCUS INSTABILITY; RIGID GLASS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0034317634     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4329     Document Type: Article

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