Nucleation processes for dewetting initiation of thin polymer films

Physics & Astronomy

• drying 75%
• nucleation 56%
• polystyrene 54%
• polymers 43%
• curvature 34%
• clean rooms 21%
• heating 19%
• healing 17%
• surface defects 16%
• sinks 16%
• irregularities 16%
• silicon 16%
• nanoindentation 15%
• glass transition temperature 14%
• coating 13%
• casts 13%
• disturbances 13%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Polystyrenes 86%
• Nucleation 79%
• Substrates 53%
• Silicon 29%
• Spin coating 27%
• Clean rooms 27%
• Heating 27%
• Nanoindentation 22%
• Surface defects 22%
• Glass transition 21%
• Superconducting transition temperature 20%
• Experiments 6%

Chemical Compounds

• Nucleation 62%
• Liquid Film 36%
• Surface 24%
• Surface Defect 22%
• Spin Coating 19%
• Glass Transition Temperature 15%
• Electron Spin 15%
• Pressure 10%
• Environment 10%