Coarsening dynamics of slipping droplets
Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol.66, no.1, pp.271-292, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 66 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2010
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s10665-009-9313-z
- Journal Name: Journal of Engineering Mathematics
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.271-292
- Keywords: Coarsening, Fluid dynamics, Lubrication models, Wall slippage
- Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus Affiliated: No
Abstract
The late-phase dewetting process of nanoscopic thin polymer films on hydrophobized substrates using some recently derived lubrication models that take account of large slippage at the polymer-substrate interface is studied. The late phase of this process is characterized by the slow-time coarsening dynamics of arrays of droplets that remain after rupture and the initial dewetting phases. For this situation a reduced system of ordinary differential equations is derived from the lubrication model for large slippage using asymptotic analysis. This extends known results for the no-slip case. On the basis of the reduced model, the role of the slippage as a control parameter for droplet migration is analysed and several new qualitative effects for the coarsening process are identified. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.