Analysis of Wetting and Contact Angle Hysteresis on Chemically Patterned Surfaces
Analysis of Wetting and Contact Angle Hysteresis on Chemically Patterned Surfaces
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10.1137/110829593
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2011-09
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Xianmin Xu;Xiaoping Wang
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Xianmin Xu;Xiaoping Wang
Wetting and contact angle hysteresis on chemically patterned surfaces in two dimensions are analyzed from a stationary phase-field model for immiscible two phase fluids. We first study the sharp-interface limit of the model by the method of matched asymptotic expansions. We then justify the results rigorously by the $\Gamma$-convergence theory for the related variational problem and study the properties of the limiting minimizers. The results also provide a clear geometric picture of the equilibrium configuration of the interface. This enables us to explicitly calculate the total surface energy for the two phase systems on chemically patterned surfaces with simple geometries, namely the two phase flow in a channel and the drop spreading. By considering the quasi-static motion of the interface described by the change of volume (or volume fraction), we can follow the change-of-energy landscape which also reveals the mechanism for the stick-slip motion of the interface and contact angle hysteresis on the che...