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arxiv: cond-mat/0609118 · v1 · submitted 2006-09-06 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · cond-mat.soft

Wetting transitions in polydisperse fluids

classification ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech cond-mat.soft
keywords polydispersewettingfluidinsidetransitionswallattractivebulk
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The properties of the coexisting bulk gas and liquid phases of a polydisperse fluid depend not only on the prevailing temperature, but also on the overall parent density. As a result, a polydisperse fluid near a wall will exhibit density-driven wetting transitions inside the coexistence region. We propose a likely topology for the wetting phase diagram, which we test using Monte Carlo simulations of a model polydisperse fluid at an attractive wall, tracing the wetting line inside the cloud curve and identifying the relationship to prewetting.

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