A microscopic view on contact angle selection

DOI10.1063/1.2913675zbMath1182.76710arXiv0801.4464OpenAlexW1966560550MaRDI QIDQ5303961

Bruno Andreotti, Jacco H. Snoeijer

Publication date: 18 March 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4464

zbMATH Keywords

free energycapillaritycontact angleliquids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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• Dynamics of wetting: local contact angles
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• Relaxation of a dewetting contact line. Part 2. Experiments
• A slope-dependent disjoining pressure for non-zero contact angles

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