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Abstract
Wetting of nanofluids containing highly dispersed nanoparticles of single-nanometer size was investigated, as these nanoparticles can persist within a nanometer-scale liquid film near contact line, potentially causing significant changes in wetting characteristics. We discerned distinctive superspreading wetting, featured by temporal indices (0.29 to 0.46) in the relationship between contact radius and time. We employed a phase-shifting imaging ellipsometer to measure droplet shape, including the nanometer-scale liquid film and nanoparticle layer after drying. The liquid film shapes differed from pure liquids at micrometer-scale but not at nanometer-scale. Furthermore, surface tension measurements and substrate surface energy control contributed to unraveling these characteristics. These findings differentiated the observed superspreading wetting from the mechanisms proposed in existing studies of aqueous surfactant solutions.
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Langmuir is an interdisciplinary journal publishing articles in the following subject categories:
Colloids: surfactants and self-assembly, dispersions, emulsions, foams
Interfaces: adsorption, reactions, films, forces
Biological Interfaces: biocolloids, biomolecular and biomimetic materials
Materials: nano- and mesostructured materials, polymers, gels, liquid crystals
Electrochemistry: interfacial charge transfer, charge transport, electrocatalysis, electrokinetic phenomena, bioelectrochemistry
Devices and Applications: sensors, fluidics, patterning, catalysis, photonic crystals
However, when high-impact, original work is submitted that does not fit within the above categories, decisions to accept or decline such papers will be based on one criteria: What Would Irving Do?
Langmuir ranks #2 in citations out of 136 journals in the category of Physical Chemistry with 113,157 total citations. The journal received an Impact Factor of 4.384*.
This journal is also indexed in the categories of Materials Science (ranked #1) and Multidisciplinary Chemistry (ranked #5).