Surface nanodrops and nanobubbles: a classical density functional theory study
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Author(s)
Yatsyshin, Peter
Kalliadasis, Serafim
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We present a fully microscopic study of the interfacial thermodynamics of nanodrops and nanobubbles, adsorbed on flat substrates with first-order wetting. We show that both nanodrops and nanobubbles are thermodynamically accessible in regions, demarcated by the spinodals of planar wetting films, with nanobubbles occupying a relatively bigger portion of the phase space. While nanodrops can be described as near-spherical caps of Laplace radius, the radius of nanobubbles is very different from the Laplace value. Additionally, nanobubbles are accompanied by a thin gas film adsorbed on the substrate. By computing the interface binding potential, we relate the sphericity of nanodrops to the thin–thick liquid film coexistence (prewetting transition), whereas nanobubble shapes are determined only by the decay of the fluid–substrate forces.
Date Issued
2021-04-25
Date Acceptance
2020-11-25
Citation
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021, 913, pp.1-16
ISSN
0022-1120
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Start Page
1
End Page
16
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Volume
913
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press. This article has been published in a revised form in Journal of Fluid Mechanics https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.1167. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Mechanics
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Physics
general fluid mechanics
non-continuum effects
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
PII S0022112020011672
Date Publish Online
2021-03-03