Abstract
In binary liquid mixtures, the growth of wetting layers can be limited by diffusion. At complete wetting, the distance l between the interfaces bounding the layer is shown to grow as l(t)A*t for large times t where A* increases near the consolute point. In three dimensions where this growth behavior should be accessible to experiments, =18 and 110 for nonretarded and retarded van der Waals forces, respectively. The interfacial motion resulting from diffusion-limited growth is studied for general interactions, and a planar interface is found to be stable for <12.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 353-356 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Lipowsky, R., & Huse, D. A. (1986). Diffusion-limited growth of wetting layers. Physical Review Letters, 57(3), 353-356. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.353