Capillary effects and instabilities in nanocontacts

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1181-1185

  Nosonovsky, Michael ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid solid interfaces; Surface phenomena; Wetting

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES;

ASPERITY CONTACTS; CAPILLARY BRIDGES; CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CAPILLARY FORCES; LAPLACE PRESSURES; LIQUID-SOLID INTERFACES; NANOCONTACTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; ROUGH SOLID SURFACE; SMALL VARIATIONS; SOLID SURFACES; SUPER-HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WETTING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 49949090085     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2008.04.092     Document Type: Article

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