Difference between revisions of "Thin film"

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Definition

Thin films are thin layers of a liquid in which their length is much greater than their thickness. Important examples of thin films include soap bubbles, and thin films between solids for lubrication. Capillary forces are also very important in governing the physics of thin films - for more information go to Capillarity and wetting.

For more information on flow in thin films, go to: Flow of thin films

References

• R. Jones, "Soft Condensed Matter," Oxford University Press Inc., New York (2002).
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_film

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Biomimetic ratcheting motion of a soft, slender, sessile gel

Magnetic self-assembly of three-dimensional surfaces from planar sheets

Measuring the Work of Adhesion between a Soft Confined Film and a Flexible Plate

Self-Organized Origami

Growth, geometry, and mechanics of a blooming lily

Geometric Control of Rippling in Supported Polymer Nanolines

Dislocation-mediated melting in two dimensions

Assembly of Optical-Scale Dumbbells into Dense Photonic Crystals

Size-dependent phase transformations in nanoscale pure and Y-doped zirconia thin films

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Thin film cracking and ratcheting caused by temperature cycling

Self-Organizing Nanophases on a Solid Surface

Domain Dynamics in a Ferroelastic Epilayer on a Paraelastic Substrate

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Reliability of Interconnect Structures

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Design and Performance of Thin Metal Film Interconnects for Skin-Like Electronic Circuits

Fatigue Damage Evolution in Silicon Films for Micromechanical Applications

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Effects of Mechanical Strain on TFTs on Spherical Domes

A Continuum Theory That Couples Creep and Self-Diffusion

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Experimental Determination of Crack Driving Forces in Integrated Structures

Deformability of thin metal films on elastomer substrates

Compliant thin film patterns of stiff materials as platforms for stretchable electronics

Thermomechanical criteria for overlay alignment in flexible thin-film electronic circuits

Micromechanics of Macroelectronics

Mechanics of thin-film transistors and solar cells on flexible substrates

Metal films on polymer substrates stretched beyond 50%

Failure by simultaneous grain growth, strain localization, and interface debonding in metal films on polymer substrates

Inorganic islands on a highly stretchable polyimide substrate

Averting cracks caused by insertion reaction in lithium–ion batteries

Force generated by a swelling elastomer subject to constraint

Poroelastic swelling kinetics of thin hydrogel layers: comparison of theory and experiment

Inelastic hosts as electrodes for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries

Large Plastic Deformation in High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries Caused by Charge and Discharge

Analytical Solutions of Polymeric Gel Structures under Buckling and Wrinkle

Concurrent electromigration and creep in lead-free solder

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Reactive Flow in Large-Deformation Electrodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Kinetics of Initial Lithiation of Crystalline Silicon Electrodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Swelling Kinetics of a Microgel Shell

Optically Anisotropic Colloids of Controllable Shape

Permeability of Model Stratum Corneum Lipid Membrane Measured Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance

Swollen Vesicles and Multiple Emulsions from Block Copolymers

Visualization of Dislocation Dynamics in Colloidal Crystals

Osmotic spreading of Bacillus subtilis biofilms driven by an extracellular matrix

Hierarchical Porous Materials Made by Drying Complex Suspensions

Buckling and Crumpling of Drying Droplets of Colloid-Polymer Suspensions