Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: For one-component fluids, we examine the predrying phase transition between a thin and thick low-density layer in liquid on a wall repelling the fluid. This is the case of a hydrophobic wall for water. A predrying line starts from the coexistence curve and ends at a surface critical point in the phase diagram. We calculate this line numerically using the van der Waals model and analytically using the free-energy expansion up to the quartic order. We also examine the predrying dynamics of a layer created on a hydrophobic spot on a heterogeneous wall. It is from a thin to thick layer during decompression and from a thick to thin layer during compression. Upon the transition, a liquid region above the film is cooled for decompression and heated for compression due to latent heat convection, and a small pressure pulse is emitted from the film into the liquid.
Source: Physical Review E
Authors: Ryohei Teshigawara, Akira Onuki
Institution: Kyoto University
Language: English
Subfield: Computational Mechanics
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1768326684