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Capillary Instabilities in Thin, Polycrystalline Films
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2011
Abstract
Thin films can break up into islands only if they are perturbed by substrate-intersecting perturbations. Grain boundary grooves and vertex pits are typical defects which nucleate holes in these films. Holes which exceed a critical size - proportional to the ratio of the film thickness to the equilibrium contact angle - grow, eventually disconnecting the film.
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