Critical effects at 3D wedge wetting |
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Authors: | Parry Rascon Wood |
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Institution: | Mathematics Department, Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom. |
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Abstract: | We show that continuous filling transitions are possible in 3D wedge geometries made from substrates exhibiting first-order wetting transitions, and develop a fluctuation theory yielding a complete classification of the critical behavior. Our fluctuation theory is based on the derivation of a Ginzburg criterion for filling and also on an exact transfer-matrix analysis of a novel effective Hamiltonian that we propose as a model for wedge fluctuation effects. The influence of interfacial fluctuations is very strong and, in particular, leads to a remarkable universal divergence of the interfacial roughness xi( perpendicular) approximately (T(F)-T)(-1/4) on approaching the filling temperature T(F), valid for all possible types of intermolecular forces. |
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