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Viscous dewetting of metastable liquid films on substrates with microgrooves.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2018 June 16
We present a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of dewetting on substrates with parallel microgrooves. A thin, static liquid film has an equilibrium thickness so as to minimize the sum of the surface free energy and the gravitational potential energy. When the thickness of a liquid film is less than the equilibrium thickness, the film seeks the equilibrium through contraction of the wetted area, which is referred to as dewetting. We experimentally observed the dewetting of thin, metastable liquid films on substrates with parallel microgrooves. The experiments revealed that the films retract in the direction along the grooves and leaves liquid residues with various morphologies. We classify the residue morphologies into three modes and elucidate the dependence of the mode selection on the groove geometry and the equilibrium contact angle of the liquid. We also experimentally examined the dynamic motion of the receding contact lines of the dewetting films, and developed a mechanical model for the receding speed. Our results provide a basis for controlling liquid films using microstructures, which is useful for lubricant-impregnated surface production, painting, spray cooling, and surface cleaning.
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