Shapes, contact angles, and line tensions of droplets on cylinders

Details Shapes, contact angles, and line tensions of droplets on cylinders Shapes, contact angles, and line tensions of droplets on cylinders

2000-02-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0002427v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

26 pages, RevTeX, 10 Figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.62.2428

Using an interface displacement model we calculate the shapes of nanometer-size liquid droplets on homogeneous cylindrical surfaces. We determine effective contact angles and line tensions, the latter defined as excess free energies per unit length associated with the two contact lines at the ends of the droplet. The dependences of these quantities on the cylinder radius and on the volume of the droplets are analyzed.

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