Dewetting of ultrathin surfactant-covered films

DOI10.1063/1.1511734zbMath1185.76392OpenAlexW1997108461MaRDI QIDQ3556241

Richard V. Craster, Omar K. Matar, Mark Warner

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1511734

zbMATH Keywords

wettingsurface tensionsurfactantspotential energy functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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