Thermal fluctuations of the contact line
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique Lettres
- Vol. 44 (14) , 585-592
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyslet:019830044014058500
Abstract
The thermal fluctuations of the contact line in a gravity field are studied, and it is shown that they diverge in the quadratic approximation if the liquid phase wets the solid. Nevertheless this divergence cannot be really considered as a critical divergence in the usual senseKeywords
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- Critical Wetting in Three DimensionsPhysical Review Letters, 1983