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
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©1985 The American Physical Society