The receding contact line cools down during dynamic wetting

When a contact line (CL) -- where a liquid-vapor interface meets a substrate -- is put into motion, it is well known that the contact angle differs between advancing and receding CLs. Using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, we reveal another intriguing distinction between advancing and...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-08
Main Authors: Kusudo, Hiroki, Omori, Takeshi, Joly, Laurent, Yamaguchi, Yasutaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contact angle
Fluidics
Internal energy
Latent heat
Liquid-vapor interfaces
Molecular dynamics
Nanofluids
Substrates
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Summary:When a contact line (CL) -- where a liquid-vapor interface meets a substrate -- is put into motion, it is well known that the contact angle differs between advancing and receding CLs. Using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, we reveal another intriguing distinction between advancing and receding CLs: while temperature increases at an advancing CL -- as expected from viscous dissipation, we show that temperature can drop at a receding CL. Detailed quantitative analysis based on the macroscopic energy balance around the dynamic CL showed that the internal energy change of the fluid along the pathline induced a remarkable temperature drop around the receding CL, in a manner similar to latent heat upon phase changes. This result provides new insights for modeling the dynamic CL, and the framework for heat transport analysis introduced here can be applied to a wide range of nanofluidic systems.
ISSN:2331-8422