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Dewetting of Low-Viscosity Films at Solid/Liquid Interfaces

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We report new experimental results on the dewetting of a mercury film (A) intercalated between a glass slab and an external nonmiscible liquid phase (B) under conditions of a large equilibrium contact angle. The viscosity of the external phase, η_B, was varied over 7 orders of magnitude. We observe a transition between two regimes of dewetting at a threshold viscosity of η_B* ≈ (ρ_Ae|S̃|)^1/2, where ρ_A is the mercury density, e is the film thickness, and |S̃| is the effective spreading coefficient. For η_B < η_B*, the regime is inertial. The velocity of dewetting is constant and ruled by Culick’s law, V ≈ (|S̃|/(ρ_Ae))^1/2. Capillary waves were observed at high dewetting velocities: they are a signature of hydraulic shock. For η_B > η_B*, the regime is viscous. The dewetting velocity is constant and scales as V ≈ |S̃|/η_B in the limit of large η_B. We interpret this regime by a balance between the surface energy released during dewetting and the viscous dissipation in the surrounding liquid.
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hal-01240883 , version 1 (06-02-2024)

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Nicolas Péron, Françoise Brochard-Wyart, Hervé Duval. Dewetting of Low-Viscosity Films at Solid/Liquid Interfaces. Langmuir, 2012, 28 (45), pp.15844-15852. ⟨10.1021/la303374m⟩. ⟨hal-01240883⟩
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