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Dewetting kinetics of metallic liquid films: Competition between unbalanced Young's force and dissolutive reaction

  • Gui Lu
  • , Lin Lin
  • , Sheng Hui
  • , Shuo-Lin Wang
  • , Xiao-Dong Wang*
  • , Duu-Jong Lee
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Dewetting kinetics of Al and NiAl metallic liquid films on NiAl (1 0 0) substrates was studied using molecular dynamics simulations. A new dewetting-spreading transitional behavior was observed for high temperature dewetting. The dewetting-spreading transition comes from the competition between unbalanced Young's force and dissolutive reaction. Without dissolutive reaction, liquid films keep dewetting, but immediately turn into spreading when the dissolutive reaction involved. The dissolutive reaction depends on the initial Ni atom contents rather than the contact areas of dewetting films. The far-away-from saturated Ni content is the main mechanism which accelerates the wetting and reverses the dewetting process at high temperatures.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-95
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume687
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

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Research Keywords

  • Dissolutive reaction
  • High temperature dewetting
  • Metallic films
  • Molecular dynamics simulation
  • Spreading law

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