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cond-mat.soft2001
On fluid/wall slippage
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Certain (non polymeric) fluids show an anomalously low friction when flowing against well chosen solid walls. We discuss here one possible explanation, postulating that a gaseous f…
cond-mat.soft2001
Instabilities during the evaporation of a film: non glassy polymer + volatile solvent
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
We consider solutions where the surface tension of the solvent is smaller than the surface tension of the polymer. In an evaporating film, a plume of solvent rich fluid, then induc…