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Geometry dominated fluid adsorption on sculptured substrates
Full text linkExperimental methods allow the shape and chemical composition of solid
surfaces to be controlled at a mesoscopic level. Exposing such structured
substrates to a gas close to coexistence with its liquid can produce quite
distinct adsorption characteristics compared to that occuring for planar
systems, which may well play an important role in developing technologies such
as super-repellent surfaces or micro-fluidics. Recent studies have concentrated
on adsorption of liquids at rough and heterogeneous substrates and the
characterisation of nanoscopic liquid films. However, the fundamental effect of
geometry has hardly been addressed. Here we show that varying the shape of the
substrate can exert a profound influence on the adsorption isotherms allowing
us to smoothly connect wetting and capillary condensation through a number of
novel and distinct examples of fluid interfacial phenomena. This opens the
possibility of tailoring the adsorption properties of solid substrates by
sculpturing their surface shape.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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Le taux d’hygrométrie murale, indicateur de la présence de la moisissure Stachybotrys chartarum dans les logements
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No full textPhotoinitiation systems and thermal decomposition of photodefinable sacrificial materials
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Study of on-line monitoring of lactate based on optical fibre sensor and in-channel mixing mechanism
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