Droplet spreading: a tool to characterize surfaces at the microscopic scale

Authors
de Ruijter, M Blake, TD Clarke, A De Coninck, J
Citation
M. De Ruijter et al., Droplet spreading: a tool to characterize surfaces at the microscopic scale, J PET SCI E, 24(2-4), 1999, pp. 189-198
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Geological Petroleum & Minig Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ISSN journal
09204105 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
2-4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
189 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-4105(199912)24:2-4<189:DSATTC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We show here how model systems involving large-scale molecular dynamics sim ulations can be used to study the dynamics of spreading. The results strong ly support the validity of the molecular-kinetic model of friction with the solid. This means that, by studying the dynamics of spreading of a sessile drop, we can deduce microscopic characteristics of the surface. (C) 1999 E lsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.