Fig. 3
Suspended liquid film formation. a Phases of filling of a two-dimensional, square-cell mesh with increased liquid saturation. As described, phase II filling is not observed physically. b Plot of the reduced Gibbs energy as a function of saturation for θ = 0°. c Plot of the reduced Gibbs energy as a function of saturation for θ = 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, 90°, 105°, and 114°. Inset graph for αL = [0, 0.1]. d Surface Evolver simulations of suspended liquid films with varying window lengths l. e Surface Evolver simulations of suspended liquid films with varying pipe diameters h
