Abstract:This study reports the development of a semi-empirical Force Balance-based Moving Front kinetic Monte Carlo (FB-MFkMC) model to describe droplet spreading on a smooth surface. The proposed model depicts the state-by-state evolution of a sessile droplet in a stochastic manner that captures the molecular-level events taking place in an accurate yet efficient manner. In the developed model, the movement of the droplet triple contact line is depicted using rate expressions that detail the probability that the cont… Show more
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