Geometry-driven wetting transition

Langmuir

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 9223-9226

  Humfeld, Keith D ^a   Garoff, Stephen ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; INFLECTION POINT; WETTING STATES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TENSION; VAPORS;

WETTING;

GEOMETRY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TENSION; VAPORS; WETTING;

EID: 6444225110     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la048614v     Document Type: Article

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