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Super lattice formation of an array of volatile wetting droplets

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

For an ordered array of critical volatile wetting droplets the formation of a super lattice by an Ostwald-ripening like competition process is considered. The underlying diffusion problem is treated within a quasistatic approximation and to first order in the inverse droplets distance. The approach is rather general but a square lattice and a triangular lattice are studied explicitly. Dispersion relations for the super-lattice growth of these arrays are calculated.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9911468,
  title  = {Super lattice formation of an array of volatile wetting droplets},
  author = {R. Burghaus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9911468},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages LaTeX, 4 figures postscript included