Droplet spreading driven by van der Waals force: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 22, Issue 32, 2010, Pages

  Wu, Congmin ^a   Qian, Tiezheng ^a   Sheng, Ping ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE WETTING; COUPLING CONSTANTS; CRITICAL VALUE; DROPLET SPREADING; ENERGY CRITERION; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INITIAL STAGES; LENNARD-JONES INTERACTION; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARTIAL WETTING; PRECURSOR FILMS; SPREADING COEFFICIENTS; SPREADING DROPLETS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS; WETTING DYNAMICS; WETTING FLUID;

DROP FORMATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; FLUIDS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WETTING;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 77956931030     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/32/325101     Document Type: Article

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