Molecular dynamics simulations of spontaneous spreading of a nanodroplet on solid surfaces

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sedighi, Nahid ^a   Murad, Sohail ^a   Aggarwal, Suresh K ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DROP DIAMETERS; DROPLET SIZES; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INITIAL STAGES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR KINETICS; NANO-SIZED; NANODROPLET; PRECURSOR FILMS; SOLID SURFACE; SPREADING DIAMETERS; SPREADING DYNAMICS; SURFACE ENERGIES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME-SCALES; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; VISCOUS FORCES; WETTING CHARACTERISTICS;

CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; DYNAMICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 79551612272     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0169-5983/43/1/015507     Document Type: Article

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