articleReviews of Modern PhysicsAug 5, 2009Closed access

Dynamics and stability of thin liquid films

RVRichard V. CrasterOKOmar K. Matar

Imperial College London

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Abstract

The dynamics and stability of thin liquid films have fascinated scientists over many decades: the observations of regular wave patterns in film flows down a windowpane or along guttering, the patterning of dewetting droplets, and the fingering of viscous flows down a slope are all examples that are familiar in daily life. Thin film flows occur over a wide range of length scales and are central to numerous areas of engineering, geophysics, and biophysics; these include nanofluidics and microfluidics, coating flows, intensive processing, lava flows, dynamics of continental ice sheets, tear-film rupture, and surfactant replacement therapy. These flows have attracted considerable attention in the literature, which…

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  • Dewetting
  • Thin film
  • Nanotechnology
  • Microfluidics
  • Nanofluidics
  • Mechanics
  • Fluid mechanics
  • Physics
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  • Life below water
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