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An Experimental Study of the Dynamics of Contact Lines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. Kumar ,
M. O. Robbins  and
D. H. Reich
S. Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
M. O. Robbins
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
D. H. Reich
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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Abstract

We have studied the dynamics of contact lines formed by water-alkane interfaces in capillaries with random surface disorder. We find that the contact-line velocity V scales with the applied capillary pressure P as V∼ (P – Pt)ζ over two decades in V. This is consistent with a critical depinning transition. We obtain this result by using a sensitive ac differential-pressure measurement technique to measure dP/dV. We find that dP/dV αV−0 8 (5) implying that 1/ζ = 0. 20 (5).

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 407: Symposium M – Disordered Materials and Interfaces-Fractals, structure and Dynamics , 1995 , 21
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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