Capillary leveling of freestanding liquid nanofilms

Mark Ilton; Miles M.P. Couchman; Cedric Gerbelot; Michael Benzaquen; Paul D. Fowler; Howard A. Stone; Elie Raphaël; Kari Dalnoki-Veress; Thomas Salez

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.167801

Capillary leveling of freestanding liquid nanofilms

Mark Ilton
, Miles M.P. Couchman
, Cedric Gerbelot
, Michael Benzaquen
, Paul D. Fowler
, Howard A. Stone
, Elie Raphaël
, Kari Dalnoki-Veress
, Thomas Salez

Department of Physics and Astronomy
McMaster University
PSL Research University
Princeton University
Global Station for Soft Matter
Hokkaido University

Résultats de recherche: Contribution à un journal › Article › Revue par des pairs

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We report on the capillary-driven leveling of a topographical perturbation at the surface of a freestanding liquid nanofilm. The width of a stepped surface profile is found to evolve as the square root of time. The hydrodynamic model is in excellent agreement with the experimental data. In addition to exhibiting an analogy with diffusive processes, this novel system serves as a precise nanoprobe for the rheology of liquids at interfaces in a configuration that avoids substrate effects.

langue originale	Anglais
Numéro d'article	167801
journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	117
Numéro de publication	16
Les DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.167801
état	Publié - 11 oct. 2016
Modification externe	Oui

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