title: Influence of slip on the Rayleigh-Plateau rim instability in dewetting viscous films.
abstract: A dewetting viscous film develops a characteristic fluid rim at its receding edge due to mass conservation. In the course of the dewetting process, the rim becomes unstable via an instability of Rayleigh-Plateau type. An important difference exists between this classic instability of a liquid column and the rim instability in a thin film as the growth of the rim is continuously fueled by the receding film. We explain how the development and macroscopic morphology of the rim instability are controlled by the slip of the film on the substrate. A single thin-film model captures quantitatively the characteristics of the complete evolution of the rim observed in the experiments.
authors.affiliation: Saarland University, Department of Experimental Physics, Campus, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bäumchen
authors.affiliation: Saarland University, Department of Experimental Physics, Campus, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
authors.forename: Ludovic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marquant
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRI), CNRS USR 3078, 59658 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blossey
authors.affiliation: Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Münch
authors.affiliation: Technical University of Berlin, Institute for Mathematics, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Saarland University, Department of Experimental Physics, Campus, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jacobs