In the past, perfect surfaces have been shown to yield local critical behaviour that differs
from bulk critical behaviour. On the other hand, surface defects, whether they are of natural …

Using Monte Carlo simulations and finite-size scaling methods we study “wetting” in Ising
systems in a L× L× L y pore with quadratic cross section. Antisymmetric surface fields H s act …

Interfacial fluctuation effects occurring at wedge-and cone-filling transitions are investigated
and shown to exhibit very different characteristics. For both geometries we argue that the …

A comprehensive theory of interfacial fluctuation effects occurring at two-dimensional wedge
(corner) filling transitions in pure (thermal disorder) and impure (random bond disorder) …

We report an extensive set of results for the wetting of striped nanopatterned surfaces by
simple fluids. Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations are used to investigate the validity of …

The effect of thermal fluctuations near a contact line of a liquid interface partially wetting an
impenetrable substrate is studied analytically and numerically. Promoting both the interface …

I consider the statistical mechanics of inhomogeneous fluids applied to fluids adsorbed in
planar wedges. Exact results are described that belong to an infinite subset of models …

Recent work has demonstrated novel fluid interfacial behaviour occurring at filling or wedge-
wetting transitions in two-and three-dimensional systems. In particular, in two dimensions …

A long-standing problem in condensed-matter physics concerns the nature of the critical
wetting transition in three-dimensional systems with short-ranged forces. The controversy …

The phase boundaries for corner wetting (filling) in square and diagonal lattice Ising models
are exactly determined and show a universal shift relative to wetting near the bulk criticality …