Dewetting of nanometer thin films under an electric field

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Hu, Guo Hui ^a,b   Xu, Ai Jin ^a,b   Xu, Zhen ^a,b   Zhou, Zhe Wei ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy and Environment Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ROLLING RESISTANCE;

DEWETTING PROCESS; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; LIQUID MOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOMETER THIN FILMS; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; REPULSIVE POTENTIALS; SPONTANEOUS INSTABILITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 55849113658     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2998845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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