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Critical Wetting

Critical Wetting is a thermodynamic phenomenon in which a liquid phase exhibits a continuous (second-order) transition from partial to complete spreading on a solid substrate, distinguished by the divergence of the adsorbed film thickness as the system approaches the wetting temperature from below.

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216

Critical point wetting

John W. Cahn · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1977 · 1.9K citations

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Multicriticality of Wetting, Prewetting, and Surface Transitions

Hisao Nakanishi, Michael E. Fisher · Physical Review Letters · 1982 · 525 citations

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Critical Surface Phenomena at First-Order Bulk Transitions

Reinhard Lipowsky · Physical Review Letters · 1982 · 379 citations

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Critical Wetting in Three Dimensions

E. Brézin, B. I. Halperin, Stanislas Leibler · Physical Review Letters · 1983 · 279 citations

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Influence of wetting on phase equilibria: A novel mechanism for critical-point shifts in films

A. O. Parry, Robert Evans · Physical Review Letters · 1990 · 212 citations

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Authors

367

  1. AO
    A. O. Parry

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    29 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. KB
    Kurt Binder

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    13 publications · 856 citations

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  3. JO
    Joseph O. Indekeu

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    14 publications · 682 citations

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  4. ME
    Michael E. Fisher

    Cornell University, United States

    12 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. RL
    Reinhard Lipowsky

    Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany

    10 publications · 974 citations

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Institutions

173

  1. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    46 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. Forschungszentrum Jülich

    Jülich, Germany

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    175 citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 45 publications · 3.9K citations

    33

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  2. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 30 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Europhysics Letters (EPL)

    15 publications · 531 citations

    13

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  5. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    14 publications · 2.3K citations

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