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View SchemaHydrodynamic theory of de-wetting
| Authors | Jens Eggers |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0312140 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0312140 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.094502 |
Abstract
A prototypical problem in the study of wetting phenomena is that of a solid plunging into or being withdrawn from a liquid bath. In the latter, de-wetting case, a critical speed exists above which a stationary contact line is no longer sustainable and a liquid film is being deposited on the solid. Demonstrating this behavior to be a hydrodynamic instability close to the contact line, we provide the first theoretical explanation of a classical prediction due to Derjaguin and Levi: instability occurs when the outer, static meniscus approaches the shape corresponding to a perfectly wetting fluid.
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