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There exist many ways to calculate the contact angle of a sessile droplet on a planar surface on the basis of molecular modeling data, and the result may depend on the chosen approach. This paper presents molecular dynamics simulations of argon and water sessile droplets on simple model and more complex atomistic substrates. Several approaches for calculating contact angles are described. These approaches are based on an analysis of instantaneous droplet’s configurations and averaged density profiles. The latter are analyzed using density cutoffs and the Sobel filters. Parameters of the interaction between the planar surface and the fluid are being tuned in order to consider model lyophilic and lyophobic substrates. Dependences of the contact angle on the strength of interaction between the fluid and the substrate and on the droplet size are obtained. The apparent line tensions for the observed sessile droplets are evaluated.
Язык оригиналаанглийский
Номер статьи134932
Число страниц10
ЖурналColloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
Том702
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 1 дек 2024

    Области исследований

  • Молекулярно-динамическое моделирование, сидячие капли, аргон, вода, графит, краевой угол, линейное натяжение, профили плотности, фильтры Собеля

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Поверхности и интерфейсы
  • Физическая и теоретическая химия

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