Droplet spreading: Theory and experiments

Michael J. Davis; Stephen H. Davis

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2013.06.011

Droplet spreading: Theory and experiments

Michael J. Davis^*, Stephen H. Davis

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Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics

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Abstract

A hypothesis is presented that distinguishes the characteristics of spreading by hydrodynamic forces from those driven by molecular/kinetic effects, demarking the regimes by contact-line speeds and contact angles. Several applications of the criterion to experiments are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	629-635
Number of pages	7
Journal	Comptes Rendus Physique
Volume	14
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crhy.2013.06.011
State	Published - Aug 2013

Keywords

Contact lines
Spreading
Wetting

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General Physics and Astronomy

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