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Threshold criterion for wetting at the triple point

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Curtarolo, S; Stan, G; Bojan, MJ; Cole, MW; Steele, WA
Published in: Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
February 2000

Grand canonical simulations are used to calculate adsorption isotherms of various classical gases on alkali metal and Mg surfaces. Ab initio adsorption potentials and Lennard-Jones gas-gas interactions are used. Depending on the system, the resulting behavior can be nonwetting for all temperatures studied, complete wetting, or (in the intermediate case) exhibit a wetting transition. An unusual variety of wetting transitions at the triple point is found in the case of a specific adsorption potential of intermediate strength. The general threshold for wetting near the triple point is found to be close to that predicted with a heuristic model of Cheng et al. This same conclusion was drawn in a recent experimental and simulation study of Ar on CO2 by Mistura et al. These results imply that a dimensionless wetting parameter w is useful for predicting whether wetting behavior is present at and above the triple temperature. The nonwetting/wetting crossover value found here is w approximately 3.3.

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Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics

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1063-651X

Publication Date

February 2000

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61

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2

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1670 / 1675
 

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Curtarolo, S., Stan, G., Bojan, M. J., Cole, M. W., & Steele, W. A. (2000). Threshold criterion for wetting at the triple point. Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 61(2), 1670–1675. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.61.1670
Curtarolo, S., G. Stan, M. J. Bojan, M. W. Cole, and W. A. Steele. “Threshold criterion for wetting at the triple point.” Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics 61, no. 2 (February 2000): 1670–75. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.61.1670.
Curtarolo S, Stan G, Bojan MJ, Cole MW, Steele WA. Threshold criterion for wetting at the triple point. Physical review E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 2000 Feb;61(2):1670–5.
Curtarolo, S., et al. “Threshold criterion for wetting at the triple point.” Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, vol. 61, no. 2, Feb. 2000, pp. 1670–75. Epmc, doi:10.1103/physreve.61.1670.
Curtarolo S, Stan G, Bojan MJ, Cole MW, Steele WA. Threshold criterion for wetting at the triple point. Physical review E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 2000 Feb;61(2):1670–1675.

Published In

Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics

DOI

ISSN

1063-651X

Publication Date

February 2000

Volume

61

Issue

2

Start / End Page

1670 / 1675