Pattern Formation in the Evaporation of Thin Liquid Films |
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| Authors: | M. Elbaum S.G. Lipson |
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| Affiliation: | Physics Department, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel |
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| Abstract: | We investigate the patterns formed by thin liquid films evaporating from clean substrates. The system in equilibrium is entirely homogeneous, yet a remarkably regular, symmetric pattern is generated by a change in an isotropic parameter: the vapor pressure. The hydrodynamic instabilities which come into play display strong nonlinearities, distinguishing them from the classical capillary instabilities described by Rayleigh. |
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