Wetting of hydrophobic substrates by nanodroplets of aqueous trisiloxane and alkyl polyethoxylate surfactant solutions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4657-4667

  Halverson, Jonathan D ^a   Maldarelli, Charles ^a,b   Couzis, Alexander ^a   Koplik, Joel ^b,c  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico Chemical Hydrodynamics   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop; Hydrodynamics; Interface; Simulation; Superspreading; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ALL-ATOM FORCE FIELD; AQUEOUS DROPLETS; BI-LAYER; GRAPHITE SUBSTRATE; HYDROPHOBIC SUBSTRATE; HYDROXYL-TERMINATED; INTERFACE; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-DROPLETS; POLYETHOXYLATES; RAPID WETTING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAND PILES; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SIMULATION; SUPERSPREADING; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; SURFACTANT SYSTEM; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TRISILOXANE; WATER MOLECULE;

ALKYLATION; CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAPHITE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER VAPOR; WETTING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 70349521982     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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