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dc.contributor.authorRamiasa, M.
dc.contributor.authorRalston, J.
dc.contributor.authorFetzer, R.
dc.contributor.authorSedev, Rossen
dc.contributor.authorFopp-Spori, D.
dc.contributor.authorMorhard, C.
dc.contributor.authorPacholski, C.
dc.contributor.authorSpatz, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-23T03:01:29Z
dc.date.available2017-06-23T03:01:29Z
dc.date.created2017-06-19T03:39:44Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationRamiasa, M. and Ralston, J. and Fetzer, R. and Sedev, R. and Fopp-Spori, D. and Morhard, C. and Pacholski, C. et al. 2013. Contact line motion on nanorough surfaces: A thermally activated process. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135 (19): pp. 7159-7171.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53820
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/ja3104846
dc.description.abstract

The motion of a solid-liquid-liquid contact line over nanorough surfaces is investigated. The surface nanodefects are varied in size, density, and shape. The dynamics of the three-phase contact line on all nanorough substrates studied is thermally activated. However, unlike the motion of a liquid-vapor interface over smooth surfaces, this thermally activated process is not adequately described by the molecular kinetic theory. The molecular parameters extracted from the experiments suggest that on the nanorough surfaces, the motion of the contact line is unlikely to simply consist of molecular adsorption-desorption steps. Thermally activated pinning-depinning events on the surface nanodefects are also important. We investigate the effect of surface nanotopography on the relative importance of these two mechanisms in governing contact line motion. Using a derivation for the hysteresis energy based on Joanny and de Gennes's model, we evaluate the effect of nanotopographical features on the wetting activation free energy and contact line friction. Our results suggest that both solid-liquid interactions and surface pinning strength contribute to the energy barriers hindering the three-phase contact line motion. For relatively low nanodefect densities, the activation free energy of wetting can be expressed as a sum of surface wettability and surface topography contributions, thus providing a direct link between contact line dynamics and roughness parameters.

dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
dc.titleContact line motion on nanorough surfaces: A thermally activated process
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume135
dcterms.source.number19
dcterms.source.startPage7159
dcterms.source.endPage7171
dcterms.source.issn0002-7863
dcterms.source.titleJournal of the American Chemical Society
curtin.departmentDepartment of Chemical Engineering
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