Liquid-to-solid transitions in thin liquid films induced by confinement

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 249, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 206-215

  Klein, Jacob ^a   Kumacheva, Eugenia ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY;

LINDEMANN MECHANISM; SURFACE FORCE BALANCE;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0345831103     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00467-6     Document Type: Article

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