Wetting transitions in polydisperse fluids

The properties of the coexisting bulk gas and liquid phases of a polydisperse fluid depend not only on the prevailing temperature, but also on the overall parent density. As a result, a polydisperse fluid near a wall will exhibit density-driven wetting transitions inside the coexistence region. We p...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2006-09
Hauptverfasser: Buzzacchi, Matteo, Wilding, Nigel B, Sollich, Peter
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Zusammenfassung:The properties of the coexisting bulk gas and liquid phases of a polydisperse fluid depend not only on the prevailing temperature, but also on the overall parent density. As a result, a polydisperse fluid near a wall will exhibit density-driven wetting transitions inside the coexistence region. We propose a likely topology for the wetting phase diagram, which we test using Monte Carlo simulations of a model polydisperse fluid at an attractive wall, tracing the wetting line inside the cloud curve and identifying the relationship to prewetting.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0609118