| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 37, Number 3, January III 1997
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 207 - 212 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00129-8 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Two parameters for three-dimensional wetting transitions
Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK
Received:
19
September
1996
Accepted:
10
December
1996
Critical effects at complete and critical wetting in three dimensions are
studied using a coupled effective Hamiltonian 
. The model is constructed via a novel variational principle which
ensures that the choice of collective coordinate 
near the wall is
optimal. We highlight the importance of a new wetting parameter 
which has a strong influence on critical properties and allows the status of
long-standing Monte Carlo simulation controversies to be re-examined.
PACS: 68.10.-m – Fluid surfaces and fluid-fluid interfaces / 64.60.Fr – Equilibrium properties near critical points, critical exponents / 82.65.-i – Surface and interface chemistry
© EDP Sciences, 1997
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