Critical adsorption in the weak surface field limit

Authors
Citation
Jhj. Cho et Bm. Law, Critical adsorption in the weak surface field limit, PHYS REV L, 86(10), 2001, pp. 2070-2073
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2070 - 2073
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20010305)86:10<2070:CAITWS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We study critical adsorption in the small surface field (hl) limit using a homologous series of critical liquid mixtures. The experiment data, in the one-phase regime, is accurately described by a universal surface scaling fu nction G(+)(z/xi (+), z/l(h)) at distance z from the interface with correla tion length xi (+) and surface field length l(h) similar to \h(l)\(-v/Delta l), where h(l) similar to Delta (sigma), the surface energy difference betw een the two components.