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Mesoscopic model for microscale hydrodynamics and interfacial phenomena: slip, films, and contact-angle hysteresis.

Author(s): Colosqui, Carlos E.; Kavousanakis, Michail E.; Papathanasiou, Athanasios G.; Kevrekidis, Yannis G.

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Abstract: We present a model based on the lattice Boltzmann equation that is suitable for the simulation of dynamic wetting. The model is capable of exhibiting fundamental interfacial phenomena such as weak adsorption of fluid on the solid substrate and the presence of a thin surface film within which a disjoining pressure acts. Dynamics in this surface film, tightly coupled with hydrodynamics in the fluid bulk, determine macroscopic properties of primary interest: the hydrodynamic slip; the equilibrium contact angle; and the static and dynamic hysteresis of the contact angles. The pseudo-potentials employed for fluid-solid interactions are composed of a repulsive core and an attractive tail that can be independently adjusted. This enables effective modification of the functional form of the disjoining pressure so that one can vary the static and dynamic hysteresis on surfaces that exhibit the same equilibrium contact angle. The modeled fluid-solid interface is diffuse, represented by a wall probability function that ultimately controls the momentum exchange between solid and fluid phases. This approach allows us to effectively vary the slip length for a given wettability (i.e., a given static contact angle) of the solid substrate.
Publication Date: 3-Jan-2013
Citation: Colosqui, Carlos E, Kavousanakis, Michail E, Papathanasiou, Athanasios G, Kevrekidis, Yannis G. (2013). Mesoscopic model for microscale hydrodynamics and interfacial phenomena: slip, films, and contact-angle hysteresis. Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 87 (1), 013302-1 - 013302-12. doi:10.1103/physreve.87.013302
DOI: doi:10.1103/physreve.87.013302
ISSN: 1539-3755
EISSN: 1550-2376
Pages: 013302-1 - 013302-12
Language: eng
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
Version: Final published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.



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