Dewetting of ultrathin surfactant-covered films

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4040-4054

  Warner, M R E ^a   Craster, R V ^a   Matar, O K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

DEWETTING;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

FILM; SURFACTANT; WETTING;

EID: 0036855618     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1511734     Document Type: Article

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