Critical Casimir effect in binary liquid wetting films

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作者
Mukhopadhyay, A [1 ]
Law, BM [1 ]
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[1] Kansas State Univ, Dept Phys, Condensed Matter Lab, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.772
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We study the critical Casimir force per unit area which determines the film thickness of critical binary liquid wetting films for the specific case of opposite boundary conditions within the film. A universal scaling function is derived in the one-phase region. At criticality this scaling function reduces to a universal amplitude with value Delta(+,-) similar to 0.0053.
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