Spinodal phase separation in liquid films with quenched disorder
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Spinodal phase separation in liquid films with quenched disorder.
We study spinodal phase separation in unstable thin liquid films on chemically disordered substrates via simulations of the thin-film equation. The disorder is characterized by immobile patches of varying size and Hamaker constant. The effect of disorder is pronounced in the early stages (amplification of fluctuations), remains during the intermediate stages and vanishes in the late stages (dom...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1463-9076,1463-9084
DOI: 10.1039/c0cp00776e