Thin Liquid Films Dewetting and Polymer Flow /

• Main Author: Blossey, Ralf (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Polymers.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Materials > Surfaces.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.; Physical Chemistry.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Polymer Sciences.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

This book is a treatise on the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of thin liquid films at solid surfaces and, in particular, their rupture instabilities. For the quantitative study of these phenomena, polymer thin films haven proven to be an invaluable experimental model system.   What is it that...