Molecular ordering of precursor films during spreading of tiny liquid droplets

Details Molecular ordering of precursor films during spreading of tiny liquid droplets Molecular ordering of precursor films during spreading of tiny liquid droplets

1995-08-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9508023v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

4 pages, revtex, no figures, complete file available from ftp://rock.helsinki.fi/pub/preprints/tft/ or at http://www.physics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.52.R2165

In this work we address a novel feature of spreading dynamics of tiny liquid droplets on solid surfaces, namely the case where the ends of the molecules feel different interactions to the surface. We consider a simple model of dimers and short chain--like molecules which cannot form chemical bonds with the surface. We study the spreading dynamics by Molecular Dynamics techniques. In particular, we examine the microscopic structure of the time--dependent precursor film and find that in some cases it can exhibit a high degree of local order. This order persists even for flexible chains. Our results suggest the possibility of extracting information about molecular interactions from the structure of the precursor film.

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