Is there an Optimal Substrate Geometry for Wetting ?
| dc.creator | De Coninck, Joel | |
| dc.creator | Miracle-Sole, Salvador | |
| dc.creator | Ruiz, Jean | |
| dc.date | 1999-05-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:13:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:13:29Z | |
| dc.description | We consider the problem of the Winterbottom's construction and Young's equation in the presence of a rough substate and establish their microscopic validity within a 1+1-dimensional SOS type model. We then present the low temperature expansion of the wall tension leading to the Wenzel's law for the wall tension and its corrections. Finally, for a fix roughness, we compare the influence of different geometries of the substrate on wetting properties. We show that there is an optimal geometry with a given roughness for a certain class of simple substrates. Our results are in agreement and explain recent numerical simulations. | |
| dc.description | 30 pages, 5 figures, postscript | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9905213 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9905213 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/29310 | |
| dc.subject | Condensed Matter | |
| dc.title | Is there an Optimal Substrate Geometry for Wetting ? | |
| dc.type | text |