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Designing soft materials with interfacial instabilities in liquid films

Authors :
J. Marthelot
E. F. Strong
P. M. Reis
P.-T. Brun
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

Interfacial instabilities can be damaging as they may lead to fabrication defects. Here the authors harness a fluid instability to their advantage to produce thin polymeric films with drop-shaped structures which have tailored geometrical properties.

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Subjects :
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Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.475d5bb6b09344e69ccbcbac6677e387
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06984-7
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