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| *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2799990 L. Schimmele, M. Napiórkowski and S. Dietrich "Conceptual aspects of line tensions", Journal of Chemical Physics '''127''' 164715 (2007)] | |||
| *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3206735 Mantu Santra and Biman Bagchi "Line tension of a two dimensional gas-liquid interface", Journal of Chemical Physics  '''131''' 084705 (2009)] | |||
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Revision as of 13:51, 26 August 2009
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.
