Nonequilibrium wetting

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2009-08-21

arxiv.org/abs/0908.3068v1

J. Stat. Phys. 138, 728-766 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Review, 36 pages, 16 figures

Scientific paper

10.1007/s10955-009-9895-x

When a nonequilibrium growing interface in the presence of a wall is considered a nonequilibrium wetting transition may take place. This transition can be studied trough Langevin equations or discrete growth models. In the first case, the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation, which defines a very robust universality class for nonequilibrium moving interfaces, with a soft-wall potential is considered. While in the second, microscopic models, in the corresponding universality class, with evaporation and deposition of particles in the presence of hard-wall are studied. Equilibrium wetting is related to a particular case of the problem, it corresponds to the Edwards-Wilkinson equation with a potential in the continuum approach or to the fulfillment of detailed balance in the microscopic models. In this review we present the analytical and numerical methods used to investigate the problem and the very rich behavior that is observed with them.

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