| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K89504/01 |
| Title: |
ROPA EXPLORATION OF WETTING TRANSITIONS AT SELF-ASSEMBLED, MIXED-MONOLAYER SUBSTRATES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Batchelder, Professor D |
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Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of Leeds |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
01 April 1997 |
Ends: |
31 May 1999 |
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103,903
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We will explore the dramatic world of interfacial phase transitions known as the physics of wetting. Well-developed theory has shown that the everyday world of adsorption and capilliary hides a variety of first-order interfacial transitions and interfacial critical phenomena. We will study these effects via the use of self-assembled mixed-monolayer substrates, unique surfaces that give precise control over the wetting field. The project should be the first to achieve reproducible thermodynamic control, near to room-temperature, over the thickness and structure of liquid films adsorbed at solid substrates.
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http://www.leeds.ac.uk |