Simulation study of the disjoining pressure profile through a three-phase contact line

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Herring, A R ^a   Henderson, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC BUBBLES;

DIRECT EVALUATIONS; DISJOINING PRESSURES; FLUID INTERACTIONS; LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE; MECHANICAL FORCE; PLANAR SUBSTRATE; SIMULATION STUDIES; THREE-PHASE CONTACT LINE;

PRESSURE;

EID: 77749292976     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3327840     Document Type: Article

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