Radial deformation and adhesion of carbon nanotube

Bridging length and time scales in moving contact line problems

“…As a typical dynamic process, moving contact line (MCL) problem or droplet spreading consists of 7-8 length and time scales from the atomistic to the continuum [2], as shown in Figure 1. A grand challenge in MCL problems is to link these vastly different length and time scales.All these length and time scales origin from the competition among governing forces [7], which indicates that they can be bridged by specific dimensionless numbers, as listed in Table 1. The dimensionless numbers provide clear physical interpretation of MCL problems under study and also produce valuable scale estimates.…”

“…All these length and time scales origin from the competition among governing forces [7], which indicates that they can be bridged by specific dimensionless numbers, as listed in Table 1. The dimensionless numbers provide clear physical interpretation of MCL problems under study and also produce valuable scale estimates.…”