Dewetting of thin-film polymers

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 12-

  Saulnier, F ^a   Raphael E ^a   de Gennes, P G ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; SILICON WAFERS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

DEWETTING; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS); POWER-LAW TIME DEPENDENCES; ZERO-SHEAR VISCOSITY;

PLASTIC FILMS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349116505     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.061607     Document Type: Article

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