Open AccessThe features of the contact angle evaluation at the nanoscale
Author(s) -
Sergii Burian,
O. Hrebnov,
V. M. Sysoev,
Mykola Isaiev
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vìsnik. serìâ fìziko-matematičnì nauki/vìsnik kiì̈vsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì tarasa ševčenka. serìâ fìziko-matematičnì nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2218-2055
pISSN - 1812-5409
DOI - 10.17721/1812-5409.2018/3.12
Subject(s) - wetting , contact angle , surface tension , hysteresis , nanoscopic scale , materials science , wetting transition , interphase , work (physics) , surface (topology) , mechanics , argon , nanotechnology , chemical physics , composite material , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , condensed matter physics , geometry , mathematics , genetics , organic chemistry , biology
The information regarding the wetting characteristic is important in various aspects of surface science. One of the markers that more frequently uses for describing of wetting characteristics is the wetting angle. Even an estimation of the wetting at the macroscale is a tricky issue, because of the hysteresis between receding and advancing values presence. In the same time, the situation is more complicated for a nanoscopic droplet due to the tangible thickness of the interphase region, what causes an uncertainty of the dividing surface determination, as a consequence it causes an uncertainty of the contact angle determination. In this work using methods molecular dynamics we performed simulations of the cylindrical nanodprolet and the layer of the argon fluid. The density maps and the maps of tension tensor were also measured. Basing on the analysis of the maps within the framework of the Gibbs approach, the equimolar surfaces and the surfaces of tension on the liquid-gas interface and the liquid-solid interface was determined. For the cylindrical nanodroplet, the equilibrium contact wetting angles formed by the corresponding dividing surfaces were estimated. The measured angles differ by more than 10%.