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Influence of slip on the Rayleigh-Plateau rim instability in dewetting viscous films

Abstract:
A dewetting viscous film develops a characteristic fluid rim at its receding edge due to mass conservation. In the course of the dewetting process, the rim becomes unstable via an instability of Rayleigh-Plateau type. An important difference exists between this classic instability of a liquid column and the rim instability in a thin film as the growth of the rim is continuously fueled by the receding film. We explain how the development and macroscopic morphology of the rim instability are controlled by the slip of the film on the substrate. A single thin-film model captures quantitatively the characteristics of the complete evolution of the rim observed in the experiments.
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10.1103/physrevlett.113.014501

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University of Oxford
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MPLS
Department:
Mathematical Institute
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https://ror.org/018mejw64
Grant:
SPP 1164 (JA 905/3)
BA 3406/2
GRK 1276
Matheon


Publisher:
American Physical Society
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Physical Review Letters More from this journal
Volume:
113
Issue:
1
Article number:
014501
Publication date:
2014-07-02
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EISSN:
1079-7114
ISSN:
0031-9007


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English
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pubs:477007
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uuid:9007b786-88b9-402d-a73d-7b02c196dc0a
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477007
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2016-02-28

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