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Herminghaus, Stephan ; Fery, Andreas ; Schlagowski, Stefan ; Jacobs, Karin ; Seemann, Ralf ; Gau, Hartmut ; Mönch, Wolfgang ; Pompe, Tilo:
Liquid microstructures at solid interfaces.
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.
Vol. 12
(2000)
Issue 8A
.
- A57-A74.
ISSN 1361-648X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/12/8A/307
Abstract in another language
The propensity of liquid films to bead off poorly wettable substrates leads to a wide variety of liquid structures via mechanisms which are far from being fully understood. In particular, dewetting via unstable surface waves may be driven at least by dispersion forces, electrostatic forces, or by Marangoni-type transport. A hierarchy of dynamical instabilities finally transforms the initial homogeneous film into the final state, consisting of an ensemble of individual, isolated droplets. While these processes of self-organized structure formation are interesting in themselves, it may also be desirable to generate liquid structures in a more well-defined and predictable way. We have therefore investigated experimentally the behaviour of various liquids on substrates, the wettability of which has been laterally structured. The resulting artificial liquid objects display several remarkable properties, both statically and dynamically. Aside from potential applications as `liquid microchips', it is shown how fundamental quantities can be extracted from the shapes of the liquid surfaces, as determined by scanning force microscopy. The three-phase contact line tensions obtained in this way are in fair agreement with theoretical predictions and might help to resolve long-standing debates on the role of wetting forces on the nanometre scale.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Former Professors > Chair Physical Chemistry II - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Physical Chemistry II Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Former Professors |
| Result of work at the UBT: | No |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 500 Natural sciences 500 Science > 530 Physics 500 Science > 540 Chemistry |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2014 09:48 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2022 11:39 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/4057 |