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Dewetting refers to the spontaneous withdrawal of a liquid film from a hostile surface, for instance, water on a hydrophobic solid.

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de Gennes, PG., Brochard-Wyart, F., Quéré, D. (2004). Dewetting. In: Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21656-0_7

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