Heterogeneous nucleation at a wall near a wetting transition: A Monte Carlo test of the classical theory

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 46, 2009, Pages

  Winter, David ^a   Virnau, Peter ^a   Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL THEORY; CRITICAL WETTING TRANSITION; FORMATION ENERGIES; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; LINE TENSION; MONTE CARLO TESTS; NEAREST-NEIGHBOR INTERACTIONS; NUCLEATION BARRIER; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SIMPLE-CUBIC LATTICES; SPHERICAL DROPLETS; SUPERSATURATED VAPORS; SURFACE FIELD; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION METHODS; WETTING TRANSITIONS; YOUNG'S EQUATION;

CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; FREE ENERGY; SIMULATORS; VAPORS; WETTING;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 72249110691     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/46/464118     Document Type: Article

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