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Capillary Tube Spin-Coating

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A repurposed computer fan spins to coat the insides of this array of capillary tubes.

During spinning, a thin film of uniform thickness forms inside the tubes, but upon stopping, the film becomes wavy due to the Plataeau-Rayleigh instability.

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