Instability of confined water films between elastic surfaces

We investigated the dynamics of nanometer thin water films at controlled ambient humidity adsorbed onto two atomically smooth mica sheets upon rapidly bringing the surfaces into contact. Using a surface forces apparatus (SFA) in imaging mode, we found that the water films break up into a distributio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 26(2010), 5 vom: 02. März, Seite 3280-5
1. Verfasser: de Beer, Sissi (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: 't Mannetje, Dieter, Zantema, Sietske, Mugele, Frieder
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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