The drainage of thin liquid films between solid surfaces

Nonlinear rupture of thin liquid films on solid surfaces.

In this letter we investigate the rupture instability of thin liquid films by means of a bifurcation analysis in the vicinity of the short-scale instability threshold. The rupture time estimate obtained in closed form as a function of the relevant dimensionless groups is in striking agreement with the results of the numerical simulations of the original nonlinear evolution equations. This sugge...

Thermodynamic Investigations of Thin Liquid Layers Between Solid Surfaces

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Investigations of Thin Liquid Layers between Solid

By a special method the disjoining pressure of water caused by a molecular long range orienta­ tion between fully hydroxylated and highly polished fused silica surfaces at different temperatures (0 — 74 °C) and plate distances ^ 1000 A was determined. Four marked maxima were found at about 15°, 32°, 45°, and 61 °C for not too small plate distances. At these temperatures many authors have detect...

Laser-Induced Liquid-Vapor Phase Transitions in Thin Films at Solid Surfaces

Intrinsically Stretchable Biphasic (Solid-Liquid) Thin Metal Films.

Stretchable biphasic conductors are formed by physical vapor deposition of gallium onto an alloying metal film. The properties of the photolithography-compatible thin metal films are highlighted by low sheet resistance (0.5 Ω sq(-1) ) and large stretchability (400%). This novel approach to deposit and pattern liquid metals enables extremely robust, multilayer and soft circuits, sensors, and act...