Dimensional dependence of the surface energy of thin cadmium films

Surface Energy and Wetting in Island Films

“…Further research with use of a computer simulation [13][14][15][16][17], electron theory of surface energy of metals [18,19], the thermodynamic perturbation theory [20,21] is consistent with the results in terms of the type of the dependence σ(R).…”

“…Among the best-known methods are the following: the crystal cleavage method, the dispersed powder dissolution method, the "neutral" droplet method, the multiphase equilibrium method, the growth and evaporation steps method, the "healing" scratch method, and, finally, the zero creep method [4]. Surface energy may also be evaluated by the measurement of electronic work function [18,19]. However, the analysis of these methods shows that they are not applicable to the measurement of surface energies of small particles.…”

Effect of an organic liquid on the surface energy of scandium and titanium

“…The available theoretical and experi mental data on the interfacial energy (IE) at an inter face with organic liquids are scarce. We have only data on IE for liquid mercury [1] and IA metals, calcium, and barium [2][3][4] with dielectric liquids; and on the effect adsorbed dielectric films have on the IE of metal alloys [5,6].…”

“…In this work, we calculate the orientation depen dence of IE at a metallic crystal-organic liquid inter face using a modified version of the electron statistical theory of Frenkel', Gombas, and Zadumkin [2][3][4]; specifically, we find the IE at the interface between nonpolar organic liquids and the alpha phases of scan dium and titanium crystals.…”