Wetting - Statics and Dynamics

Series in Modern Condensed Matter PhysicsSimple Views on Condensed Matter, pp. 357-394 (2003) No AccessWetting: statics and dynamicsP. G. de GennesP. G. de GennesCollège de France, Physique de la Matière Condensée, 11 Place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, Francehttps://doi.org/10.1142/9789812564849_0041Cited by:4 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Abstract: The wetting of solids by liquids is connected to physical chemistry (wettability), to statistical physics (pinning of the contact line, wetting transitions, etc.), to long-range forces (van der Waals, double layers), and to fluid dynamics. The present review represents an attempt towards a unified picture with special emphasis on certain features of "dry spreading"; (a) the final state of a spreading droplet need not be a monomolecular film; (b) the spreading drop is surrounded by a precursor film, where most of the available free energy is spent; and (c) polymer melts may slip on the solid and belong to a separate dynamical class, conceptually related to the spreading of superfluids. FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By 4Surface modifications to enhance dropwise condensationAmit Goswami, Suresh C. Pillai and Gerard McGranaghan1 Aug 2021 | Surfaces and Interfaces, Vol. 25Viscosity characterization of confined bitumen considering microaggregate‐bitumen interactionsZejiao Dong, Zhiyang Liu, Chen Yang and Xiangbing Gong5 May 2020 | Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 11A dynamic theory for contact angle hysteresis on chemically rough boundaryXiao-Ping Wang and Xianmin Xu1 Jan 2017 | Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, Vol. 37, No. 2A numerical study of three-dimensional droplets spreading on chemically patterned surfacesHua Zhong, Xiao-Ping Wang and Shuyu Sun1 Sep 2016 | Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, Vol. 21, No. 8 Simple Views on Condensed MatterMetrics History PDF download