简介:Thestabilityofthethinliquidfilminacapillaryisimportanttothephase-changeheattransferprocessinminiatureofmicrostructures.Fromthebasicequationsformotionandheattransferattheinterfaceofthefilm,itsstabilityistheoreticallystudied.Withevaluationoftheeffectsandrelativemagnitudesofvariousdrivingforcesandwiththeuseoflong-wavetheoryinadditiontolinearstabilityanalysis,thecontrollingequationsaresimplifiedandanevolutionequationforthefilm'sthicknessisobtained.Detailedanalysisontheevolutionequationshowsthatinstabilityoccursfirstinthemeniscusregionandtheinstabilityconditionvarieswithboundaryconditions,geometricalscalesandthermalproperties.Thenumericalresultsagreewellwithearlieroneswithsomefavorableextensionsandimprovements.