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Wetting and phase separation at surfaces

Sanjay PuriKurt Binder

subject

Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterSurface (mathematics)Materials scienceChemical physicsSpinodal decompositionKineticsGeneral Physics and AstronomyPhysical chemistryWettingThin filmFocus (optics)

description

We study the problem ofsurfacedirected spinodal decomposition, viz., the dynamical interplay of wetting and phase separation at surfaces. In particular, we focus on the kinetics of wetting-layer growth in a semi-infinite geometry for arbitrary surface potentials and mixture compositions. We also present representative results for phase separation in confined geometries, e.g., cylindrical pores, thin films, etc.

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2005-06-01Pramana
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02704150