Dewetting of Thin Viscoelastic Polymer Films on Slippery Substrates

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2005-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502228v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

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Dewetting of thin polystyrene films deposited onto silicone wafers at temperatures close to the glass transition exhibits unusual dynamics and front morphologies. Here, we present a new theoretical approach of these phenomena taking into account both the viscoelastic properties of the film and the non-zero velocity of the film at the interface with the substrate (due to slippage). We then show how these two ingredients lead to : (a) A very asymmetric shape of the rim as the film dewetts, (b) A decrease of the dewetting velocity with time like $t^{-{1/2}}$ for times shorter than the reptation time (for larger times, the dewetting velocity reaches a constant value). Very recent experiments by Damman, Baudelet and Reiter [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 91}, 216101 (2003)] present, however, a much faster decrease of the dewetting velocity. We then show how this striking result can be explained by the presence of residual stresses in the film.

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