Morphological phase transitions in spontaneous dewetting of thin films on homogeneous and heterogeneous surfaces

Phase Transitions

Volumn 75, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 377-399

  Sharma, A ^a   Reiter, G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SURFACES ET INTERFACES   (France)

Author keywords

Dewetting; Morphology; Thin films

Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NUCLEATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DEWETTING; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; THIN FILM FORCE MICROSCOPY (TFFM);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 1342338952     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590290027054     Document Type: Review

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