Solid-state wetting on nano-patterned substrate
Solid-state wetting on nano-patterned substrate
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纳米图案基底上的固态润湿
DOI:
10.1016/j.crhy.2013.06.010
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2013
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Maxim Ignasco and Olivier Pierre-Louis
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作者:
Yukio Saito;Maxim Ignasco and Olivier Pierre-Louis
We review some recent results on the morphology of heteroepitaxial overlayers deposited on nanopatterned substrate surfaces. We mainly focus on modeling based on kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations. On arrays of parallel grooves or arrays of pillars, we find three main classes of states similar to those known for liquids: (i) Cassie–Baxter states, where solid islands sit on top of the substrate structure; (ii) Wenzel states, where solid islands are in contact with the bottom of the substrate; and (iii) solid imbibition (also denoted as capillary filling for parallel grooves), where the solid forms a film in the substrate surface structure. This multi-stability is controlled by the wettability parameterχ, and shape transitions exhibit hysteresis. We discuss the dynamics of the collapse of a Cassie–Baxter to Wenzel state, and the collapse of the Wenzel state to an imbibition film. We also discuss the possibility to grow crystals in the CB state on nanopatterned substrates. During growth, the crystals formed in CB state merge, leading to a continuous polycrystalline overlayer where the size of the grains is controlled by the distance between pillars.