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Prof. Alexei Likhtman "Relaxation of surface tension and dynamic contact angle in simple liquids"

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University of Reading, UK

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  • Seminar
When Sep 21, 2015
from 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Where ICS Strasbourg - Amphithéâtre Henri Benoît
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I will review our recent joint work with Alex Lukyanov on molecular dynamics simulations of solid/liquid and liguid/gas interfaces in simple Lennard-Jones liquids or short polymer molecules. We show the following results: 1) The relaxation of surface tension in liquid/gas interfaces is almost instantaneous, contrary to several theories, and the thickness of interfacial layer is of order of atom diameter, even for polymeric chains. 2) In solid/liqid interfaces, the situation is quite similar, and therefore dynamic contact angle can not be explained by the surface tension relaxation. 3) In contrast, the dynamic contact angle in homogeneous liquids can be fully explained by non-linear friction with the substrate.

References
Alex V. Lukyanov* and Alexei E. Likhtman, Langmuir 2013, 29, 13996-14000.
A. V. Lukyanov and A. E. Likhtman, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 034712 (2013)

 

invited by Alexander Semenov

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