Solidification of Thin Liquid Films

Understanding the dewetting and solidification of thin films is key in the fabrication of thin film solar cells, as a device with low percentage of surface coverage will have a greatly diminished efficiency. In this thesis we use Rational Continuum Mechanics to propose a thermodynamically-consistent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miles, Christopher T.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60347/