Thin LiquidFilms
Drainage, interfacial forces, disjoining pressure, equilibrium thickness and rupture of free liquid films.
Film drainage, interaction forces and the physical mechanisms governing stability and rupture.
Explore topicsInteracting liquid interfaces
Thin films areinteracting interfaces.
A thin liquid film becomes physically distinct from an ordinary liquid layer when its two bounding interfaces are sufficiently close to interact. Capillary pressure drives drainage, while hydrodynamic resistance and interfacial forces determine thinning, equilibrium thickness and eventual stability or rupture.
Thin LiquidFilms
Read the complete scientific review covering film formation and drainage, capillary pressure, disjoining pressure, DLVO and non-DLVO interactions, common thin, common black and Newton black films, optical thickness measurement, film pressure balance, rupture and experimental thin-film analysis.
Drainage, forces andfilm stability.
Explore selected concepts governing film thinning, interaction forces, equilibrium states and rupture of thin liquid films.
Film Drainage & Thickness
Hydrodynamic drainage, capillary pressure, interfacial mobility and optical thickness during the evolution of thin liquid films.
Disjoining Pressure & Film Stability
Disjoining pressure, DLVO and non-DLVO interactions, equilibrium thickness and the transition between different thin-film states.
Film Rupture & Coalescence
Film formation, dimple evolution, critical thickness, black-spot nucleation, rupture and the coalescence of bubbles or droplets.