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Coarsening dynamics of dewetting nanodroplets on chemically patterned substrates

Moosavi, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.016303
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. Mesoscopic hydrodynamic equations are solved to investigate coarsening dynamics of two interacting nanodroplets on chemically patterned substrates. The effects of different parameters such as the surface chemical pattern, the slip length, the profile of the disjoining pressure, the size of the droplets, and the contact angles on the coarsening are studied. Our results reveal that the presence of a chemical heterogeneity can enhance or weaken the coarsening dynamics depending on the pattern type and positions of the droplets on the substrate. Also increasing the contact angles to values larger than a critical value may qualitatively change the coarsening process, and the profile of the disjoining pressure and the slippage can appreciably modify the coarsening rate
  6. Keywords:
  7. Chemical heterogeneities ; Coarsening dynamics ; Coarsening process ; Coarsening rates ; Critical value ; De-wetting ; Disjoining pressures ; Hydrodynamic equations ; Mesoscopics ; Nano-droplets ; Patterned substrates ; Slip length ; Surface chemicals ; Contact angle ; Drops ; Dynamics ; Substrates ; Coarsening
  8. Source: Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics ; Volume 86, Issue 1 , July , 2012 ; 15393755 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.016303