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Search Publications by: James W. Schmidt (Assoc)

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What controls the thicknesses of wetting layers?

July 1, 1986
Author(s)
Richard F. Kayser, Michael R. Moldover, James W. Schmidt
Wetting layers can form on solid and fluid substrates when the long-ranged part of the effective intermolecular potential (which tends to thicken the layers) competes with gravity (which tends to thin the layers). Authors have reported layers whose

Wetting Layers and Dispersion Forces for a Fluid in Contact with a Vertical Wall

February 18, 1985
Author(s)
Richard F. Kayser, James W. Schmidt, Michael R. Moldover
When a liquid wets a vertical wall, wetting layers form on the wall high above the liquid-vapor meniscus. These layers are stabilized against gravity by dispersion forces. For SF_6 in contact with fused silica, we find layers between 20 and 40 nm thick in