Solvent-driven dewetting and rim instability

Authors
Lee, SHYoo, PJKwon, SJLee, HH
Issue Date
2004-09-01
Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
Citation
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, v.121, no.9, pp.4346 - 4351
Abstract
An experimental method suitable for reproducible results has been used to investigate dewetting behavior of thin films of solvent-laden polymer. This solvent-driven dewetting enables one to change spreading coefficient by an order of magnitude that is not readily realizable in thermal dewetting and to study polar interactions that have not been fully exploited experimentally. While the film instability is similar to that found in thermal dewetting, the rim instability is quite different. Two different types of the rim instability have been found. With a polar solvent, the rim instability changes from one type to another with increasing film thickness whereas the unstable rim becomes stable for an apolar solvent. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
Keywords
THIN POLYMER-FILMS; PATTERN-FORMATION; LIQUID-FILMS; RANGE; STABILITY; DENSITY; RUPTURE; POLYSTYRENE; NUCLEATION; VISCOSITY; THIN POLYMER-FILMS; PATTERN-FORMATION; LIQUID-FILMS; RANGE; STABILITY; DENSITY; RUPTURE; POLYSTYRENE; NUCLEATION; VISCOSITY; dewetting; rim; instability; solvent
ISSN
0021-9606
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/137246
DOI
10.1063/1.1770475
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