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Unmasking of Novel Conic Modes in Electrically Stressed Perfectly Conducting Liquids
Chengzhe Zhou, Sandra M. Troian
Liquid metal ion sources (LMIS) are widely used in applications ranging from local ion implantation in semiconductors, to focused ion beam systems for milling and nanolithography,…
Electrified Cone Formation in Perfectly Conducting Viscous Liquids: Self-Similar Growth Irrespective of Reynolds Number
Theodore G. Albertson, Sandra M. Troian
Above a critical field strength, the free surface of an electrified, perfectly conducting viscous liquid, such as a liquid metal, is known to develop an accelerating protrusion res…
Why Capillary Flows in Slender Triangular Grooves Are So Stable Against Disturbances
Nicholas C. White, Sandra M. Troian
Ongoing development of fuel storage and delivery systems for space probes, interplanetary vehicles, satellites and orbital platforms continues to drive interest in propellant manag…
Self-Similar Cusp Formation in Thin Liquid Films By Runaway Thermocapillary Forces
Chengzhe Zhou, Sandra M. Troian
Many physical systems give rise to dynamical behavior leading to cuspidal shapes which represent a singularity of the governing equation. The cusp tip often exhibits self-similarit…
Mechanism for Spontaneous Growth of Nanopillar Arrays in Ultrathin Films Subject to a Thermal Gradient
Mathias Dietzel, Sandra M. Troian
Several groups have reported spontaneous formation of periodic pillar-like arrays in molten polymer nanofilms confined within closely spaced substrates maintained at different temp…
Formation of Nanopillar Arrays in Ultrathin Viscous Films: The Critical Role of Thermocapillary Stresses
Mathias Dietzel, Sandra M. Troian
Experiments by several groups during the past decade have shown that a molten polymer nanofilm subject to a large transverse thermal gradient undergoes spontaneous formation of per…