Viscous fingering in volatile thin films

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2008-09-02

arxiv.org/abs/0809.0366v2

Phys. Rev. E 79, 021603 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Published version, 4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021603

A thin water film on a cleaved mica substrate undergoes a first order phase transition between two values of film thickness. By inducing a finite evaporation rate of the water, the interface between the two phases develops a fingering instability similar to that observed in the Saffman-Taylor problem. We draw the connection between the two problems, and construct solutions describing the dynamics of evaporation in this system.

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