# Time-resolved dynamics of laser-induced micro-jets from thin liquid films

- Title: Time-resolved dynamics of laser-induced micro-jets from thin liquid films
- Authors: Matthew S. Brown; Nicholas T. Kattamis; Craig B. Arnold
- Year: 2011
- DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0787-4
- arXiv ID/URL: Not yet checked
- Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-011-0787-4
- Record type: journal-article
- Date searched: 2026-10-14
- Record origin: New search
- Evidence level: E: publisher abstract
- Access status: Metadata and abstract evidence; full-text access not verified.
- Lesson mapping: Chapter 1; Chapter 3; Chapter 4

## Two-sentence summary

Thin-film laser transfer permits external, re-entrant, and blister-driven jet mechanisms.
Time-resolved microscopy compared liquid ejection with metal and polymer absorbing layers.

## Provenance

Canonical metadata: https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1007%2Fs10404-011-0787-4

Venue: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

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## Applicability and gaps

The absorber-layer and thin-film geometries require matching. None directly establishes an embedded-PFC outlet.

## Evidence review

- Date read: 2026-10-18
- Source read: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10404-011-0787-4
- Locator: Abstract: gas cavities, external jets, re-entrant jets, and blister transition