Title

Effect of Criticality on Wetting Layers

Authors

M. P. Nightingale, University of Rhode IslandFollow
J. O. Indekeu

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

4-22-1985

Abstract

We study wetting phenomena in which the wetting layer is (nearly) critical and intrudes between two noncritical phases. Finite-size scaling theory predicts an interaction, identical in range to that due to the van der Waals forces, between the interfaces bounding the wetting layer. This finite-size interaction leads to new wetting phenomena near critical end points, e.g., in ternary mixtures. The interaction amplitude and its possible universality can be observed directly in experiment.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Nightingale, M. P., & Indekeu, J. O. (1985). Effect of Criticality on Wetting Layers. Physical Review Letters, 54(16), 1824-1827. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1824

Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1824

Publisher Statement

©1985 The American Physical Society