From nonwetting to prewetting: the asymptotic behavior of 4He drops on alkali substrates

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2003-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0303500v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

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10.1103/PhysRevB.68.024515

We investigate the spreading of 4He droplets on alkali surfaces at zero temperature, within the frame of Finite Range Density Functional theory. The equilibrium configurations of several 4He_N clusters and their asymptotic trend with increasing particle number N, which can be traced to the wetting behavior of the quantum fluid, are examined for nanoscopic droplets. We discuss the size effects, inferring that the asymptotic properties of large droplets correspond to those of the prewetting film.

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