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Although much research has been performed on the motion of contact lines on solid surfaces, many questions remain. This paper presents results obtained with molecular dynamics (“MD”) simulations that address some of these questions. Of specific interest is the nature of the frictional resistance to contact line motion.
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McLaughlin, J.B., Saravanan, S.S., Moumen, N., Subramanian, R.S. (2006). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Drop Motion on Uniform and Non-Uniform Solid Surfaces. In: Balachandar, S., Prosperetti, A. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Computational Approaches to Multiphase Flow. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 81. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4977-3_12
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