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Relaxation of a dewetting contact line. Part 2. Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2008

GILES DELON ,
MARC FERMIGIER ,
JACCO H. SNOEIJER  and
BRUNO ANDREOTTI
GILES DELON
Affiliation:
Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
MARC FERMIGIER
Affiliation:
Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
JACCO H. SNOEIJER
Affiliation:
Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TW, UK
BRUNO ANDREOTTI
Affiliation:
Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Abstract

The dynamics of receding contact lines is investigated experimentally through controlled perturbations of a meniscus in a dip-coating experiment. We first describe stationary menisci and their breakdown at the coating transition. Above this transition where liquid is deposited, it is found that the dynamics of the interface can be interpreted as a quasi-steady succession of stationary states. This provides the first experimental access to the entire bifurcation diagram of dynamical wetting, confirming the hydrodynamic theory developed in Part 1. In contrast to quasi-static theories based on a dynamic contact angle, we demonstrate that the transition strongly depends on the large-scale flow geometry. We then establish the dispersion relation for large wavenumbers, for which we find a decay rate σ proportional to wavenumber |q|. The speed dependence of σ is described well by hydrodynamic theory, in particular the absence of diverging time scales at the critical point. Finally, we highlight some open problems related to contact angle hysteresis that lead beyond the current description.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 604 , 10 June 2008 , pp. 55 - 75
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