title: Dewetting of liquids on ceramic surfaces at high temperatures.
abstract: The influence of surface structure and chemistry on high-temperature dewetting of silicate liquids on ceramic surfaces has been investigated. Model systems based on well-defined crystallography and known chemistry have been used to illustrate the effect of surface roughness and chemistry on the dewetting process. Reconstructed ceramic surfaces provide ideal substrates to study effects of surface roughness. It has been shown that the morphology of dewet droplets depend on the length scale and the crystallography of the facets on the surface. Complex pattern formation due to solute redistribution during dewetting is illustrated in the case of SiO2 dewetting on (001) rutile substrates. The role of kinetics on the dewetting process has also been clarified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ravishankar
authors.forename: Shelley R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gilliss
authors.forename: C Barry
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000032:analysis; D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000032:analysis; D002516:Ceramics; D005898:Glass; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000032:analysis; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; C074225:anorthite; C009495:titanium dioxide; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D014025:Titanium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide