Wetting of 4He on rough cesium substrates

Autor: Etienne Rolley, M. Poujade, Alexis Prevost, C. Guthmann
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Physica B: Condensed Matter. 280:80-84
ISSN: 0921-4526
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4526(99)01459-3
Popis: We discuss the behaviour of 4He meniscus on various disordered Cs substrates. We have first studied the dynamics of the contact line on Cs substrates evaporated at low temperature. The activated motion of the line is consistent with a substrate disorder of mesoscopic length scale. We have performed further studies of the contact line behaviour on substrates with roughness of macroscopic length scale. Close to the wetting transition, we find that a film invades the substrate leading to marked changes in the value of the contact angle.
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