| Автор | M. Elbaum |
| Автор | S. G. Lipson |
| Автор | J. S. Wettlaufer |
| Дата выпуска | 1995-02-20 |
| dc.description | A volatile liquid wetting a substrate forms a thick, uniform film in equilibrium with a saturated vapor phase. We show that under evaporating conditions such a liquid is effectively non-wetting, i.e. stable as a droplet on top of a thin film. This is in agreement with recent observations. Here we calculate the contact angle of the droplet as a function of the liquid-vapor surface tension and the partial pressure. This effect will be useful as a means of probing the microscopic interfacial forces involved in wetting via macroscopic measurements. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Название | Evaporation Preempts Complete Wetting |
| Тип | lett |
| DOI | 10.1209/0295-5075/29/6/005 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1286-4854 |
| Print ISSN | 0295-5075 |
| Журнал | EPL (Europhysics Letters) |
| Том | 29 |
| Первая страница | 457 |
| Последняя страница | 462 |
| Выпуск | 6 |
