DYNAMICS OF PARTIAL WETTING
DYNAMICS OF PARTIAL WETTING
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DOI:
10.1016/0001-8686(92)80052-y
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发表时间:
1992-04-06
影响因子:
15.6
通讯作者:
DEGENNES, PG
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作者:
BROCHARDWYART, F;DEGENNES, PG
Two broad classes of models have been used to describe the motion of a contact line when the contact angle-theta deviates from the equilibrium value-theta(e): a) an Eyring approach, emphasizing the microscopic jump of a single molecule at the tip. b) a hydrodynamic approach, concentrating on the viscous losses inside the liquid wedge of angle-theta. In the present review, we compare the predictions from both models, for two critical experiments :1) The pull out of a vertical plate from a fluid at rest -showing (for finite-theta(e)) a critical velocity V(c) above which the plate is completely wet.2) The velocity of growth of a dry patch for a non wettable surface covered by a flat liquid film which turns out to vary like theta(e)3 at small-theta(e).The net conclusion is that, at small-theta(e) and for low velocities V, the hydrodynamic losses dominate, while at large-theta(e) and large V, the molecular features are probably important.