Line tension
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The line tension () is attributed to the contact line along which three interfaces for the three thermodynamic phases, , and meet. It is defined as the line contribution to the grand potential per unit length of the contact line.
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- L. Schimmele, M. Napiórkowski and S. Dietrich "Conceptual aspects of line tensions", Journal of Chemical Physics 127 164715 (2007)
- Mantu Santra and Biman Bagchi "Line tension of a two dimensional gas-liquid interface", Journal of Chemical Physics 131 084705 (2009)
- A. I. Rusanov "Thermodynamic line tension of a molecular solid", Journal of Chemical Physics 131 244713 (2009)