Droplet spreading: A Monte Carlo test of Tanner's law

被引：33

作者：

Milchev, A

Binder, K

机构：

[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany

[2] Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Phys Chem, BU-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS | 2002年 / 116卷 / 17期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1465410

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The spreading of polymer droplets under conditions of complete wetting on an ideally flat and structureless solid substrate has been studied by computer simulation, using a coarse-grained bead-spring model of flexible macromolecules. Evidence is obtained that a power law close to Tanner's law for the growth of the lateral droplet radius {r(t)proportional tot(0.14)} and contact angle {thetaproportional tot(-0.31)} holds on nanoscopic scales. We observe the formation of a precursor film around the spreading droplet and find that the film attains diffusive dynamics at late times. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

引用

页码：7691 / 7694

页数：4

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