Precursor films in wetting phenomena

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Popescu, M N ^a,b   Oshanin, G ^c   Dietrich, S ^b,d   Cazabat, A M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; LIQUID DROPLETS; MESOSCOPICS; NON-VOLATILE; PRECURSOR FILMS; SOLID ON SOLIDS; SOLID SUBSTRATES; SPREADING DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THREE-PHASE CONTACT LINE;

DROPS; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; WETTING;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84861485731     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/24/243102     Document Type: Review

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