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Ultrathin liquid films under alternating intermolecular potential fields and capillary force
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- Issue Date
- 2002-10-01
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Citation
- J. Chem. Phys. 117, 6266 (2002)
- Keywords
- THIN POLYMER-FILMS ; SUPPRESSION ; INSTABILITY ; RUPTURE
- Abstract
- A unique experimental system is devised that reveals the interplay among capillary force and alternating intermolecular forces. As a consequence of the interplay, untrathin (<10 nm) liquid films, which invariably experience dewetting, can be made stable, leading to a smooth and dropless minimum-potential surface. Theory and experiment show that the film thickness is <1 nm when the film recedes in spite of the capillarity and it is <3 nm when it rises into a cavity.
- ISSN
- 0021-9606
- Language
- English
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