Interfacial instability driven by dispersive forces:: The early stages of spinodal dewetting of a thin polymer film on a polymer substrate

M. Sferrazza; M. Heppenstall-Butler; R. Cubitt; D. Bucknall; J. Webster; R. A L Jones

Interfacial instability driven by dispersive forces: The early stages of spinodal dewetting of a thin polymer film on a polymer substrate

M. Sferrazza^*, M. Heppenstall-Butler, R. Cubitt, D. Bucknall, J. Webster, R. A L Jones

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Abstract

The interface between ultrathin deuterated poly(methyl methacrylate) films on polystyrene substrates is subject to a dispersive force driven instability consisting of thermally excited capillary waves. We have studied this example of liquid/liquid spinodal dewetting, using specular and off-specular neutron reflection measurements to characterize the length scale and growth rate of the instability of the buried. polymer interfaces.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5173-5176
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	81
Issue number	23
Publication status	Published - 1998

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