Effects of interface wettability on microscale flow by molecular dynamics simulation (Q1434593)

The goal is to examine the effect of surface wettability on pressure-driven flows in order to better understand the fluidic flow behaviour at a solid wall. The authors carried out non-equilibrium molecular dynamic simulations of simple Lennard-Jones (LJ) fluids subject to a driving force in a nanochannel. The authors modified LJ potential function to represent different interface wettabilities by using different solid-liquid interaction parameters. Moreover, it is found that the non-uniform temperature and pressure profiles near the solid walls are owing to the effect of interface wettability.