Contact angles of Lennard-Jones liquids and droplets on planar surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8518-8523

  Ingebrigtsen, T ^a   Toxvaerd, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ELASTIC MODULI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODELING;

LENNARD-JONES LIQUIDS; MACROSCOPIC SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PLANAR SURFACES;

CONTACT ANGLE;

EID: 34547302722     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0676235     Document Type: Article

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