A Universal Nucleation Mechanism for Solvent Cast Polymer Film Rupture

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dc.creatorPodzimek, Daniel
dc.creatorSaier, Annemarie
dc.creatorSeemann, Ralf
dc.creatorJacobs, Karin
dc.creatorHerminghaus, Stephan
dc.date2001-05-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:41:17Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:41:17Z
dc.descriptionIt is shown that the intrinsic stress in solvent cast polymer coatings plays a key role in the nucleation of holes in the film. Nucleation is important because it is meanwhile clear that heterogeneous nucleation is the only relevant rupture mechanism for the technologically relevant thickness regime well above 100 nm. The most striking feature is that in contrast to what has been widely believed, the number density of holes scales not algebraically, but exponentially with the film thickness.
dc.description3 pages, 3 figures, text in revtex format
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0105065
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0105065
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/17688
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleA Universal Nucleation Mechanism for Solvent Cast Polymer Film Rupture
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