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Area of Science:

  • Surface Science and Interfacial Phenomena
  • Adsorption and Wetting Dynamics
  • Statistical Mechanics and Critical Phenomena

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  • Understanding fluid adsorption in confined geometries is crucial for various applications, including materials science and nanotechnology.
  • Wetting transitions, particularly first-order transitions, dictate the behavior of fluids at interfaces and are sensitive to geometric confinement.
  • Previous studies have explored adsorption in wedges, but the merging of coexistence lines and resulting interfacial transitions require further clarification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the merging of pre-filling and pre-wetting coexistence lines in wedge geometries with first-order wetting transitions.
  • To elucidate the nature of surface phase diagrams and associated interfacial transitions as the wedge opening angle approaches planar limits.
  • To analyze the role of fluctuation effects and dispersion forces on critical singularities of these transitions.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of fluid adsorption in wedge geometries.
  • Investigation of coexistence line merging and interfacial transition mechanisms.
  • Inclusion of fluctuation effects and dispersion forces to study critical phenomena.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that pre-filling and pre-wetting coexistence lines merge as the wedge angle increases towards planar geometry.
  • Identified new interfacial transitions along side walls associated with the unbinding of thin-thick interfaces from the wedge apex.
  • Showcased strong, non-universal critical singularities dependent on the wedge opening angle, influenced by fluctuations and dispersion forces.

Conclusions:

  • The merging of coexistence lines in wedge geometries induces novel interfacial transitions with unique critical behaviors.
  • These phenomena are linked to the unbinding of specific interfaces and are sensitive to geometric parameters and physical forces.
  • Similar adsorption phenomena are observed near apex tips, suggesting broader applicability of the findings.