Dewetting pathway

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Figure 11.11 Dewetting pathway of a 69 nm-thick PS film on a patterned surface. The initial stage of instability is manifested in the form of nucleation and growth of random, large holes not correlated to the substrate patterns.

A. Pototsky, M. Bestehorn, D. Merkt, and U. Thiele, Alternative pathways of dewetting for a thin iiquid two-iayer fiim, Phys. Rev. E, 70, 025201[R] [2004]. 

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