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Forces between chemically structured substrates mediated by critical fluids
Monika Sprenger, Frank Schlesener, S. Dietrich
We consider binary liquid mixtures close to their critical points confined by two parallel, geometrically flat but chemically structured, substrates. Universal order parameters pro…
Lateral and normal forces between patterned substrates induced by nematic fluctuations
F. Karimi Pour Haddadan, S. Dietrich
We consider a nematic liquid crystal confined by two parallel flat substrates whose anchoring conditions vary periodically in one lateral direction. Within the Gaussian approximati…
Capillary-induced interactions between colloids at an interface
Alvaro Dominguez, Martin Oettel, Siegfried Dietrich
Within a general framework we study the effective, deformation-induced interaction between two colloids trapped at a fluid interface. As an application, we consider the interface d…
Diffusive spreading and mixing of fluid monolayers
M. N. Popescu, S. Dietrich, G. Oshanin
The use of ultra-thin, i.e., monolayer films plays an important role for the emerging field of nano-fluidics. Since the dynamics of such films is governed by the interplay between…
Critical Casimir Effect in 3He-4He films
A. Maciolek, S. Dietrich
Universal aspects of the thermodynamic Casimir effect in wetting films of 3He-4He mixtures near their bulk tricritical point are studied within suitable models serving as represent…
Local orientations of fluctuating fluid interfaces
Klaus Mecke, Siegfried Dietrich
Thermal fluctuations cause the local normal vectors of fluid interfaces to deviate from the vertical direction defined by the flat mean interface position. This leads to a nonzero…