Dewetting of thin liquid films on chemically patterned substrates Front propagation along narrow lyophobic stripes and stripe arrays
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Using experiments and numerical simulations, we investigate the dewetting of thin liquid films on chemically patterned substrates. The patterns consist of long and narrow hydrophobic stripes, separated by larger hydrophilic domains. We characterize the morphology and dynamics of the dewetting front starting from an initially present dry-spot. Moreover, we study the distortion of the liquid film on the adjacent hydrophilic domains as a function of film thickness, hydrophobic contact angle and pattern dimensions. Implications of our results on the solution processing of organic electronic devices on chemically patterned surfaces are discussed. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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TNO Identifier
954490
ISSN
16134982
Source
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 14(3-4), pp. 669-682.
Pages
669-682
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