Wetting transition in the McCoy–Wu model

Non-equilibrium wetting transition in a magnetic Eden model

Magnetic Eden clusters with ferromagnetic interaction between nearestneighbor spins are grown in a confined 2d-geometry with short range magnetic fields acting on the surfaces. The change of the growing interface curvature driven by the field and the temperature is identified as a non-equilibrium wetting transition and the corresponding phase diagram is evaluated.

A Magnetic Wetting Transition

We discuss, within a continuum Landau theory, the possibility of an anisotropy-reIated wetting transition in a semi-infinite cubic ferromagnet. This is then investigated for a specific value of anisotropy parameter, where it is shown to divide into two Ising model problems.

Ion and Surfactant Induced Wetting Transition Ion and Surfactant Induced Wetting Transition

The ever-increasing demand for energy in our society calls for more efficient andsustainable recovery of fossil fuels. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) deals with im-proving the recovery of oil from reservoirs. It encompasses not only the large-scaleengineering enterprise, but also the fundamental understanding and discovery ofthe relevant physicochemical processes. The motivation fo...

Adhesion and nonwetting-wetting transition in the AlÕa-Al2O3 interface

Using a reactive force field ~ReaxFF!, we investigated the structural, energetic, and adhesion properties, of both solid and liquid Al/a-Al2O3 interfaces. The ReaxFF was developed solely with ab initio calculations on various phases of Al and Al2O3 and Al-O-H clusters. Our computed lattice constants, elastic constants, surface energies, and calculated work of separation for the solid-solid inte...

Wetting transition for a thin cylinder