Reply to ‘‘A Comment on the order of the wetting transition at a solid–fluid interface’’

Abstract

Evans and Tarazona have raised a disagreement with the results of Teletzke et al. concerning wetting transitions predicted by van der Waals’ integral theory with exponential fluid potential and two different fluid-solid potentials. We reexamined these results and in agreement with Evans and Tarazona we conclude that the wetting transition is first order when a Lennard-Jones 9-3 fluid–solid potential is chosen. The results are supported by the predictions of a simple model, a discontinuous thick film.

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WettingWetting transitionvan der Waals forceLennard-Jones potentialSolid surfaceThermodynamicsExponential functionChemistryCondensed matter physicsStatistical physicsPhysicsComputational chemistryChemical physicsQuantum mechanicsMathematicsMolecular dynamicsMathematical analysisMolecule

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Year: 1984
Type: article
Volume: 80
Issue: 1
Pages: 589-590
Citations: 12
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                                    Robert E. Benner, 
                                
                                    Gary Teletzke, 
                                
                                    L. E. Scriven
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1984). 
                            Reply to ‘‘A Comment on the order of the wetting transition at a solid–fluid interface’’. 
                            The Journal of Chemical Physics
                            , 80
                            (1)
                            , 589-590.
                            https://doi.org/10.1063/1.446405
                        

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DOI: 10.1063/1.446405