Flow structure and mixing mechanism in an agitated thin-film evaporator.

Preparation and proposed mechanism of ZnO Nanostructure Thin Film on Glass with Highest c-axis Orientation

In this paper, ZnO thin film is deposited on slide glass substrate using the sol-gel process. Presenting well-defined orientation of ZnO thin films Nanostructure were obtained by dip coating of zinc acetate dihydrate, monoethanolamine (MEA), de-ionized water and isopropanol alcohol. The annealed ZnO thin films were transparent ca 85-90% in visible range with an absorption edges at about 375 nm....

Parametric mixing in monolayers deposited on thin-film waveguides.

We analyze the parametric mixing of light by molecular monolayers deposited on a thin-film dielectric waveguide. It is shown that large signal levels are possible, even with cw lasers.

Thin-Film Flow Influenced by Thermal Noise

We study the influence of thermal fluctuations on the dewetting dynamics of thin liquid films. Starting from the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with thermal noise, we derive a fourth-order degenerate parabolic stochastic partial differential equation which includes a conservative, multiplicative noise term—the stochastic thin-film equation. Technically, we rely on a long-wave-approximat...

Simulations of Surfactant Driven Thin Film Flow

This thesis is intended to fulfill the requirements of the Math and Physics departments at Harvey Mudd College. We begin with a brief introduction to the study of surfactant dynamics followed by some background on the experimental framework our work is related to. We then go through a derivation of the model we use, and explore in depth the nature of the Equation of State (EoS), the relationshi...

Electrified viscous thin film flow over topography