Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

A moving contact line as a rheometer for nanometric interfacial layers

  • Romain Lhermerout,
  • Hugo Perrin,
  • Etienne Rolley,
  • Bruno Andreotti,
  • Kristina Davitt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12545
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The characterisation of interfacial layers, whose rheology can differ from the bulk, is important for the design of new materials. Here, Lhermerout et al. use the dynamics of a moving contact line to quantify the mechanical properties of a polymer thin film.