Nucleation and Growth of Defects Leading to Dewetting of Thin

Langmuir 1997, 13, 4459-4465

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Nucleation and Growth of Defects Leading to Dewetting of Thin Polymer Films T. G. Stange and D. F. Evans* Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

W. A. Hendrickson Aveka, Inc., Woodbury, Minnesota 55125 Received December 9, 1996. In Final Form: May 29, 1997X Scanning probe microscopy is used to image nucleation sites leading to dewetting of polystyrene films (