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Capillary Wave Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films over Submerged Nanostructures

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 109, Issue 20, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.207801

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  1. NIST National Research Council
  2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory under DOE [DE-AC05-76RL01830]
  3. NSF CAREER Award [0956131]
  4. U.S. DOE, Office of Basic Energy Science [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
  5. Division Of Materials Research
  6. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0956131] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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The surface dynamics of thin molten polystyrene films supported by nanoscale periodic silicon line-space gratings were investigated with x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. Surface dynamics over these nanostructures exhibit high directional anisotropy above certain length scales, as compared to surface dynamics over flat substrates. A cutoff length scale in the dynamics perpendicular to the grooves is observed. This marks a transition from standard over-damped capillary wave behavior to suppressed dynamics due to substrate interactions.

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