Wetting phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and technology. A solid substrate exposed to
the environment is almost invariably covered by a layer of fluid material. In this review, the …

We propose a nonlocal interfacial model for 3D short-range wetting at planar and nonplanar
walls. The model is characterized by a binding-potential functional depending only on the …

We derive a non-local effective interfacial Hamiltonian model for short-ranged wetting
phenomena using a Green's function method. The Hamiltonian is characterized by a binding …

We study wetting and filling of patterned surfaces by a nematic liquid crystal. We focus on
three important classes of periodic surfaces: triangular, sinusoidal and rectangular. The …

In our first paper, we showed how a non-local effective Hamiltonian for short-ranged wetting
may be derived from an underlying Landau–Ginzburg–Wilson model. Here, we combine the …

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 …

Using a square-gradient density functional model we test the prediction that the filling
transition for a fluid in a wedge geometry changes from continuous to first-order as the …

We use a non-local interfacial Hamiltonian to revisit a number of problems associated with
the fluctuation theory of critical wetting transitions in three-dimensional systems with short …

We argue that whenever an interface, separating bulk fluid phases, adopts a non-planar
configuration (induced by a confining geometry or thermal fluctuations, say), the energy cost …

We study filling phenomena in three-dimensional (3D) wedge geometries paying particular
attention to the role played by a line tension associated with the wedge bottom. Our study is …