Retraction of “Drainage of a Thin Liquid Film between Hydrophobic

Retraction pubs.acs.org/Langmuir

Retraction of “Drainage of a Thin Liquid Film between Hydrophobic Spheres: Boundary Curvature Effects” Angbo Fang* and Yongli Mi* Langmuir 2014, 30(1), 83−89, DOI: 10.1021/la404125u Our article1 published in Langmuir is a theoretical study of the thin film drainage process between two identical solid spheres. It highlighted the possible consequences of the boundary curvature effects, which have not been studied before. Recently, during the process of generalizing the work for two arbitrarily curved surfaces, one of the authors (A.F.) found errors in the mathematical derivation. These errors were also noticed by others. Consequently, the results presented in the article are not reliable. We apologize for the confusion raised in the academic community.

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(1) Fang, A.; Mi, Y. Drainage of a Thin Liquid Film between Hydrophobic Spheres: Boundary Curvature Effects. Langmuir 2014, 30, 83−89.

Published: September 3, 2014 © 2014 American Chemical Society

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