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Signatures of the Rayleigh‐Plateau Instability Revealed by Imposing Synthetic Perturbations on Nanometer‐Sized Liquid Metals on Substrates
Author(s) -
Fowlkes Jason,
Horton Scott,
FuentesCabrera Miguel,
Rack Philip D.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201202113
Subject(s) - dewetting , nanotechnology , nanoscopic scale , nanometre , nanoparticle , materials science , metastability , rayleigh–taylor instability , instability , computer science , chemistry , physics , thin film , mechanics , composite material , organic chemistry
Multiscale patterning must be realized to harness the action of precisely arrayed nanoscale ensembles at practical meso‐ and microscales. Self‐ and directed assembly methods hold promise toward achieving arrays of nanoparticles with both precise interparticle spacing and tailored nanoparticle shape. Nanometer scale dewetting of 10 Å thick liquid copper films supported on graphite were investigated by molecular dynamics simulations.