Treelike branched structures formed in dewetting thin films of a binary solution

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Govor, L V ^a   Reiter, G ^b   Bauer, G H ^a   Parisi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

BILAYER STRUCTURES; BINARY POLYMERS; SOLID SUBSTRATES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 33749326684     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2354004     Document Type: Article

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