Stability of solid T2 films

Structural Stability of Solid Deuterium Films

The wetting behavior of quenched-condensed solid D2 films has been investigated by means of light scattering. On the substrates used here (graphite and aluminum) molecular deuterium displays triple point wetting and hence dewets in the solid state, provided the temperature is high enough that thermally activated diffusion processes can take place. This manifests itself in a coarse-graining of t...

Stability of Extending Films

The goal of this research is to revisit the stability results of Yeow (1974) on extending flows with free surfaces. The eigenvalue problem is formulated and solved for the flow of a Newtonian film such as the one encountered in film casting. The stable and unstable region boundaries is obtained. The analysis is extended to a non-isothermal case similar to the work by Shah and Pearson (1972) and...

Growth and oxidization stability of cubic Zr1-xGdxN solid solution thin films

Stability of Rotating Liquid Films

In this paper we consider a modified Young-Laplace-Gauss variational formulation that incorporates a van der Waals potential of adhesion and gives equilibrium configurations of a liquid in contact with a solid and a gas. This model is used to compute the shape of the liquid/gas interface in a coaxial cylindrical container, a configuration like that of the main liquid helium tank in Gravity Prob...

Carbon Films and Specimen Stability

In recent years a subject which has received little attention is the question of motion of the specimen relative to the objective lens of the electron microscope. In ordinary electron microscopy, where resolutions better than 30 A are not required, one can tolerate drift of the object (during a 5 second exposure of the plate) of perhaps 1 to 3 A per second, while for high resolution microscopy ...