Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 136104 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Oct 2006 |
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